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Copyright 2018
Rescue 3 InternationalAll Rights Reserved
No part of this book may be reprinted, reproduced, or utilized in any form by any electronic, mechanical, or
other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information
storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Editor: Jen Miller
Authors: Keith Dudhnath, Jon Gorman, and Jen Miller
Version: 3.0
Rescue 3 contact detailsFor a list of course providers in your area, please contact the Rescue 3 Office in your region.
Rescue 3 International 11084 Jeff Brian Lane
PO Box 1050
Wilton
California 95693
USA
Tel +1 916 687 6556
Toll Free +1 800 457 3728 (US & Canada)
Web site www.rescue3.com
Email info@rescue3.com
Rescue 3 Europe Ltd
The Malthouse
Regent Street
Llangollen
Denbighshire
LL20 8HS
Tel +44 (0) 1978 869 069
Web site www.rescue3europe.com
Email info@rescue3europe.com
Rescue 3 Canada / Raven RescueBox 861Smithers BC V0J 2N0Canada
Telephone 250 847 2427Toll Free 800 880 0287
Website www.ravenrescue.com
Email info@ravenrescue.com
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Contents
Quick Reference
Courses by Industry ............................................................................................. 10
Quick Reference
Courses by Type ................................................................................................... 18
Quick Reference
Instructor Courses ............................................................................................... 24
Course Descriptions and Sample Skill Sheets 28Air Monitoring Qualified Person (AMQP) .............................................................................................. 30
Animal Rescue Technician 1 (ART1) ....................................................................................................... 32Animal Rescue Technician 2 (ART2) ....................................................................................................... 34
Basic Air Monitoring (BAM) ................................................................................................................... 36Basic Water First Responder (BWFR) ..................................................................................................... 38
Body Recovery from Water (BRW)......................................................................................................... 40
Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER) .............................................................................................. 42Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO) .............................................................................................. 44
Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT) ............................................................................................. 46Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS) ............................................................................................... 48
Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH) ................................................................................................... 50Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB) .................................................................................. 52Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic and Moving (CWRWBM) ........................................................... 54First Due Low Angle (FDLA).................................................................................................................... 56Flood Management for Non-Emergency Services (FMNES) .................................................................. 58Flood Operations (FO) ........................................................................................................................... 60Flood Rescue Boat Operator (FRBO) ...................................................................................................... 62Flood Worker Safety (FWS) .................................................................................................................... 64Inland Rescue Swimmer (IRS) ................................................................................................................ 66Inland Rescue Swimmer Advanced (IRSA) ............................................................................................. 68Inland Rescue Swimmer Coastal (IRSC) ................................................................................................. 70Lifejacket Competent User (LJCU) ......................................................................................................... 72Management of Water & Flood Incidents (MWFI) ............................................................................... 74Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS) ..................................................................... 76Personal Watercraft Surf Rescue Technician (PWC) ............................................................................... 78Professional Qualification Assessment: Rope (PQR) .............................................................................. 80
Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR) ............................................................ 82Recreational Rappel Operator (RECRO) ................................................................................................. 84
Recreational River Safety (RECRS).......................................................................................................... 86Rescues from Vehicles in Water (RVW) ................................................................................................. 88
Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER).................................................................................. 90
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Rope Rescue Operator (RRO) ................................................................................................................. 92Rope Rescue Technician (RRT) ............................................................................................................... 94
Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS) ................................................................................................................. 96Safe Work at Heights (SWAH) ................................................................................................................ 98
Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS) ............................................................................................ 100
Safe Work Near Water (SWNW) .......................................................................................................... 102Searching Rivers and Floods (SRF) ....................................................................................................... 104
Surface Ice Awareness (SIRA) .............................................................................................................. 106Surface Ice Field Safety (SIFS) .............................................................................................................. 108
Surface Ice Rescue Specialist (SIRS) ..................................................................................................... 110
Surface Ice Rescue Technician (SIRT) ................................................................................................... 112Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA) .................................................................... 114
Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO) ............................................................................... 116Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Boat Operator (SFRBO) ......................................................................... 118
Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT) .................................................................................... 120Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling (SPBH) ............................................................................................ 122Swiftwater Recovery Specialist (SRS) ................................................................................................... 124Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator (SRBO) ........................................................................................... 126Technical Animal Rescue in Swiftwater (TAR) ...................................................................................... 128Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL) ............................................................................... 130
Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL) ................................................................................. 132Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR) ............................................................................................. 134
Water and Flood Awareness (AWR) ..................................................................................................... 136Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational (WRT-Rec) .................................................................. 138
Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRTP) .......................................................................... 140
Wind Turbine Access for Emergency Responders (WTAFER) ............................................................... 142Wind Turbine Operator (WTO) ............................................................................................................ 144
INSTRUCTOR Levels 146Air Monitoring Instructor (AMI)........................................................................................................... 148
Animal Rescue Technician Instructor (ARTI) ........................................................................................ 149
Basic Water First Responder Instructor (BWFRI) ................................................................................. 150Confined Space Entry and Rescue Instructor (CSERI) .......................................................................... 151Confined Space Rescue Operator Instructor (CSROI) ........................................................................... 152Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor (CSRTI) ......................................................................... 153Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI) ........................................................................... 154Co-Worker Rescue at Heights Instructor (CWRHI) ............................................................................... 155Inland Rescue Swimmer Instructor (IRSI) ............................................................................................ 158Management of Water and Flood Incidents Instructor (MWFII) ......................................................... 159Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor (OPSI) .................................................................. 160Personal Watercraft Rescue Instructor (PWCI) .................................................................................... 161Recreational Rappel Instructor (RECROI) ............................................................................................. 162Rescues from Vehicles in Water Instructor (RVWI) .............................................................................. 163Rope Access for Emergency Responders Instructor (RAFERI) .............................................................. 164
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Rope Rescue Operator Instructor (RROI) ............................................................................................. 165Rope Rescue Technician Instructor (RRTI) ........................................................................................... 166Rope Rescue Specialist Instructor (RRSI) ............................................................................................. 167Safe Work at Heights Tutor (SWAHT) ................................................................................................... 168Safe Work in Confined Space Instructor (SWCSI) ................................................................................. 169Searching Rivers and Floods Instructor (SRFI) ..................................................................................... 170Surface Ice Rescue Technician Instructor (SIRTI) ................................................................................. 171Surface Ice Rescue Specialist Instructor (SIRSI) ................................................................................... 172Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Boat Operator Instructor (SFRBOI) .......................................................... 173Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI) .................................................................. 174Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI) ................................................................ 175Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling Instructor (SPBHI) ........................................................................... 176Swiftwater Recovery Specialist Instructor (SRSI) ................................................................................. 177Technical Animal Rescue from Swiftwater Instructor (TARI) ................................................................ 178Tower Rescue Instructor (TWRI) .......................................................................................................... 180
Water and Flood Awareness Tutor (AWRT) ......................................................................................... 181
Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational Instructor (WRTRI) ...................................................... 182Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional Instructor (WRTPI) ......................................................... 183
Wind Turbine Operator Instructor (WTOI) ........................................................................................... 184
INSTRUCTOR TRAINER Levels 186Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT) ..................................................................... 188
Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT) ................................................................................... 189
Instructor Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsR-IT) ....................................................................................... 190
Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT) ................................................................................................ 191
Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT) ............................................................................. 192Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator Instructor Trainer (SRBO-IT) .......................................................... 193
Whitewater Rescue Technician Instructor Trainer (WRT-IT) ................................................................ 194
Surface Ice Rescue Instructor Trainer (SIRT-IT) .................................................................................... 195Instructor Emeritus (INS-E) .................................................................................................................. 196
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About Rescue 3 InternationalRescue 3 International produces and delivers state of the art technical rescue training courses.
More than 500,000 students have taken Rescue 3's water, rope, boat and confined space courses since 1979. They have been delivered in over 62 countries to fire and rescue services, ambulance teams, mountain rescue teams, industrial and resource personnel, and commercial training and leisure activity providers.
The flagship Rescue 3 courses are Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT), Rope Rescue Technician (RRT), Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Boat Operator (SFRBO) and Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT). Rescue 3 also has supporting courses, offering awareness qualifications to specialist and management-level qualifications.
There are over 1500 Rescue 3 certified instructors throughout the world, delivering courses for a wide array of Rescue 3 training providers in many different industries. These are within the fire and rescue services, industrial companies, mountain rescue and water rescue teams, and other outdoor professional establishments.
Additionally, there are a number of training centers who offer Rescue 3 courses on a commercial basis.
The reputation for quality hands-on instruction, using techniques that work, has fueled the growth of Rescue 3 and its courses.
History
Rescue 3 International was started in 1979 by a group of people involved with emergency services who identified a need for training in areas not commonly covered in the emergency training programs of the time.
The name, Rescue 3, was chosen when the company first started, because the instruction was concerned with all areas of rescue - land, air, and water - thus Rescue 3.
In 1981, the program was redesigned into an early form of the current Swiftwater Rescue Technician curriculum. Swiftwater classes were taught throughout California and slowly spread across the United States.
In late 1990, Rescue 3 became Rescue 3 International Incorporated. Over the course of the next several years, Rescue 3 International went on to develop instructor teams throughout the United States and across the globe.
In 1999, there was a major revision in the curriculum to meet the requirements of the new NFPA1 1670 and 1006 standards. The years since have been a period of great growth of internationally accredited technical rescue training. Rescue 3 has developed a number of specialized Rescue 3 courses in a variety of markets to
meet the ever-increasing demand for internationally recognized rescue training of the highest standards.
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Progressing within Rescue 3
Student qualifications
Rescue 3 International offers courses in a variety of technical rescue specialties, including water, rope, boat and confined space. These are delivered at all levels, including awareness, operations, technician, advanced/specialist, and management.
Instructor qualifications
There are Rescue 3 International instructor qualifications for every level of student course. These can be for both commercial course delivery, or for delivery within an agency (e.g., a fire and rescue service).
Training providers
Instructors delivering Rescue 3 courses must do so for a Rescue 3 training provider. Training providers can
either be commercial, or agency (i.e., delivering in-house).
There is a simple yet robust application process for becoming a Rescue 3 training provider. For training provider criteria and application forms, or to discuss the options available, please contact the Rescue 3 International office nearest you.
Accreditation checks
To check the status or validity of a Rescue 3 training provider, instructor or student, please contact the Rescue
3 International office nearest you.
Upon request, Rescue 3 International can also provide an organization with due dates for recertification for their Rescue 3 qualified staff.
Recertification
All Rescue 3 student qualifications are valid for a period of 3 years from the end date of the course. To maintain continuous certification, recertification must take place before the end of these 3 years.
Recertification can be at the same level as the initial course. Alternatively, you can add an additional skill-set by taking a higher level course. For example, you could recertify a Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT) course, by taking either a Rescues from Vehicles in Water (RVW) or Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA) course.
Additionally, courses falling into a specialty course category can be recerted by taking any other course in that category. For a full explanation, see page 8.
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Water specialty course recertification
Courses that fall in the Water Specialty Course category may be recertified one of two ways:
1. By retaking the same course or one at a higher level
2. By maintaining a current SRT certification through recerting the SRT or taking other higher level specialty courses.
By maintaining your certifications you will be eligible for updates and to take the course at recertification prices. However, Rescue 3 still highly suggests that students maintain knowledge of industry best practice in each discipline either by retaking each course periodically or through other means, such as actively working in that particular discipline.
Courses in this category include:
• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA)• Rescues from Vehicles in Water (RVW)• Flood Rescue Boat Operator (FRBO)• Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator (SRBO)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Boat Operator (SFRBO)• Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling (SPBH)• Management of Water & Flood Incidents (MWFI)• Searching Rivers and Floods (SRF)• Swiftwater Recovery Specialist (SRS)• Technical Animal Rescue in Swiftwater (TAR)• Personal Watercraft Surf Rescue Technician (PWC)
Rope specialty course recertification
Courses that fall in the Rope Specialty Course category may be recertified one of two ways:
1. By retaking the same course or one at a higher level
2. By maintaining a current Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL) certification through recerting the Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL) or taking other higher level specialty courses.
By maintaining your certifications you will be eligible for updates and to take the course at recertification prices. However, Rescue 3 still highly suggests that students maintain knowledge of industry best practice in each discipline either by retaking each course periodically or through other means, such as actively working in that particular discipline.
Courses in this category include:
• Animal Rescue Technician 1 (ART1)• Animal Rescue Technician 2 (ART2)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER)• Wind Turbine Access for Emergency Responders (WTAFER)• Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR)
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Regional ProgramsAs a worldwide training company Rescue 3 International recognizes that different countries and regions have different training needs. As such Rescue 3’s programs vary in different parts of the world both in course structure and course content.
This document is meant as a tool to help the reader find courses that may fit their specific needs, however keep in mind that the courses in a specific region may be different. Also, not all courses are available in all areas and some regions offer courses that may not be listed in this document.
For a list of courses available in your region, contact the Rescue 3 Office nearest you (page 2) or visit us online at www.rescue3.com.
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Emergency Services Courses
Water Courses
CourseContact
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Water and Flood Awareness (AWR) 8 hours None 136
Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO) 8 hours None 116
Body Recovery from Water (BRW) 8 hours None 40
Inland Rescue Swimmer Advanced (IRSA) 8 hours IRS 68
Inland Rescue Swimmer Coastal (IRSC) 8 hours IRS 70
Basic Water First Responder (BWFR) 12 hours None 38
Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS) 16 hours None 76
Inland Rescue Swimmer (IRS) 16 hours None 66
Swiftwater Recovery Specialist (SRS) 16 hours SRT 124
Rescues from Vehicles in Water (RVW) 16 hours SRT 88
Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT) 24 hours None 120
Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA) 24 hoursSRT &
RRO orTRRTL114
Technical Animal Rescue in Swiftwater (TAR) 24 hours SRT 128
Searching Rivers and Floods (SRF) 32 hours SRT 104
Management of Water & Flood Incidents (MWFI) 40 hours None 74
Assessments
Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR) 16 hours SRTA 82
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Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling (SPBH) 12 hours SRT 122
Personal Watercraft Surf Rescue Technician (PWC) 18 hoursSRT or
WRTP78
Flood Rescue Boat Operator (FRBO) 24 hours SRT 62
Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator (SRBO) 24 hoursFRBO or
SRT & boat experience
126
Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Boat Operator (SFRBO) 40 hours SRT 118
Emergency Services Courses (continued)
Ice Courses
CourseContact
hours
Course
prereqsPage #
Surface Ice Awareness (SIRA) 4 hours None 106
Surface Ice Rescue Specialist (SIRSU) - Upgrade 8 hours SIRT 110
Surface Ice Rescue Technician (SIRT) 16 hours None 112
Surface Ice Rescue Specialist (SIRS) 24 hours None 110
Confined Space CoursesCourse
Contact
hours
Course
prereqsPage #
Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER) 6 hours None 42
Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO) 30 hours None 44
Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT) 30 hours CSRO 46
Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS) 30 hoursCSRO &
CSRT48
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Rope Courses
CourseContact
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Course
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First Due Low Angle (FDLA) 8 hours None 56
Wind Turbine Access for Emergency Responders (WTAFER) 12 hoursRRO, TRROL
or above142
Wind Turbine Operator (WTO) 12 hoursPrior rope
experience144
Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER) 18 hours None 90
Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL) 24 hours None 130
Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR) 24 hoursRRO, TRROL
or above134
Rope Rescue Operator (RRO) 30 hours None 93
Rope Rescue Technician (RRT) 30 hours RRO 95
Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS) 30 hours RRT 96
Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL) 40 hours None 132
Animal Rescue Technician 1 (ART1) 40 hours None 32
Animal Rescue Technician 2 (ART2) 40-56 hours ART1 34
Assessments
Professional Qualification Assessment: Rope (PQR) 8 hours TRRTL 80
Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR) 16 hours SRTA 82
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Surface Ice Awareness (SIRA) 4 hours None 106
Surface Ice Field Safety (SIFS) 16 hours None 108
Surface Ice Rescue Specialist (SIRS) 24 hours None 110
Industry and Government Courses
Water Courses
CourseContact
hours
Course
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Safe Work Near Water (SWNW) 4 hours None 102
Lifejacket Competent User (LJCU) 6 hours None 72
Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO) 8 hours None 116
Flood Worker Safety (FWS) 8 hours None 64
Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB) 12 hours None 52
Flood Operations (FO) 12 hours None 60
Flood Management for Non-Emergency Services (FMNES) 12 hours None 58
Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic and Moving (CWRWBM) 18 hours None 54
Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT) 24 hours None 120
Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA) 24 hoursSRT &
RRO or TRRTL114
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Rope Courses
CourseContact
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Course
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Safe Work at Heights (SWAH) 4 hours None 98
Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH) 6 hours None 50
Wind Turbine Operator (WTO) 12 hoursPrior rope
experience144
Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR) 24 hoursRRO, TRROL
or above134
Rope Rescue Operator (RRO) 30 hours None 93
Rope Rescue Technician (RRT) 30 hours RRO 95
Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS) 30 hours RRT 96
Animal Rescue Technician 1 (ART1) 40 hours None 32
Animal Rescue Technician 2 (ART2) 40-56 hours ART1 34
Confined Space Courses
CourseContact
hours
Course
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Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS) 3.5 hours None 100
Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER) 6 hours None 42
Basic Air Monitoring (BAM) 6 hours None 36
Air Monitoring Qualified Person (AMQP) 12 hours None 30
Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO) 30 hours None 44
Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT) 30 hours CSRO 46
Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS) 30 hoursCSRO &
CSRT48
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CourseContact
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Course
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Recreational River Safety (RECRS) 4 hours None 86
Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational (WRT-Rec) 16 hoursRiver
experience138
Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRTP) 24 hoursCurrent
River Guide140
Recreational Rappel Operator (RECRO) 32 hoursRappeling
experience84
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Emergency Services
Industry & Government
Outdoor Adventure
Safe Work Near Water (SWNW) 4 hours X None 102
Recreational River Safety (RECRS) 4 hours X None 86
Lifejacket Competent User (LJCU) 6 hours X None 72
Water and Flood Awareness (AWR) 8 hours X None 136
Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)
8 hours X X None 116
Body Recovery from Water (BRW) 8 hours X None 40
Flood Worker Safety (FWS) 8 hours X None 64
Inland Rescue Swimmer Advanced (IRSA) 8 hours X IRS 68
Inland Rescue Swimmer Coastal (IRSC) 8 hours X IRS 70
Basic Water First Responder (BWFR) 12 hours X None 38
Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB)
12 hours X None 52
Flood Operations (FO) 12 hours X None 60
Flood Management for Non-Emergency
Services (FMNES)12 hours X None 58
Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)
16 hours X None 76
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Outdoor Adventure
Inland Rescue Swimmer (IRS) 16 hours X None 66
Whitewater Rescue Technician -
Recreational (WRT-Rec)16 hours X
River
experience138
Swiftwater Recovery Specialist (SRS) 16 hours X SRT 124
Rescues from Vehicles in Water (RVW) 16 hours X SRT 88
Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic and Moving (CWRWBM)
18 hours X None 54
Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)
24 hours X X None 120
Whitewater Rescue Technician
Professional (WRTP)24 hours X
Current River
Guide140
Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA)
24 hours X XSRT &
RRO or TRRTL114
Technical Animal Rescue in Swiftwater (TAR)
24 hours X SRT 128
Searching Rivers and Floods (SRF) 32 hours X SRT 104
Management of Water & Flood Incidents (MWFI)
40 hours X None 74
Assessments
Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)
16 hours X SRTA 82
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CourseContact
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Target StudentsCourse
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Emergency Services
Industry & Government
Outdoor Adventure
Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling (SPBH) 12 hours X SRT 122
Personal Watercraft Surf Rescue Technician (PWC)
18 hours X SRT or WRTP 78
Flood Rescue Boat Operator (FRBO) 24 hours X SRT 62
Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator (SRBO) 24 hours X
FRBO or SRT & boat experience
126
Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Boat Operator (SFRBO)
40 hours X SRT 118
Ice Courses
CourseContact
hours
Target StudentsCourse
prereqsPage #
Emergency Services
Industry & Government
Outdoor Adventure
Surface Ice Awareness (SIRA) 4 hours X X None 106
Surface Ice Rescue Specialist (SIRSU) - Upgrade
8 hours X X SIRT 110
Surface Ice Rescue Technician (SIRT) 16 hours X None 112
Surface Ice Field Safety (SIFS) 16 hours X None 108
Surface Ice Rescue Specialist (SIRS) 24 hours X X None 110
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Emergency Services
Industry & Government
Outdoor Adventure
Safe Work at Heights (SWAH) 4 hours X None 98
Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH) 6 hours X None 50
First Due Low Angle (FDLA) 8 hours X None 56
Wind Turbine Access for Emergency
Responders (WTAFER)12 hours X
RRO, TRROL or above
142
Wind Turbine Operator (WTO) 12 hours XPrior rope
experience144
Rope Access for Emergency Responders
(RAFER)18 hours X None 90
Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL)
24 hours X None 130
Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR) 24 hours X XRRO, TRROL
or above134
Rope Rescue Operator (RRO) 30 hours X X None 93
Rope Rescue Technician (RRT) 30 hours X X RRO 95
Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS) 30 hours X X RRT 96
Recreational Rappel Operator (RECRO) 32 hours XRappeling
experience84
Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)
40 hours X None 132
Animal Rescue Technician 1 (ART1) 40 hours X X None 32
Animal Rescue Technician 2 (ART2) 40-56 hours X X ART1 34
Assessments
Professional Qualification Assessment: Rope (PQR)
8 hours X TRRTL 80
Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)
16 hours X SFRS 82
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Confined Space Courses
CourseContact
hours
Target StudentsCourse
prereqsPage #
Emergency Services
Industry & Government
Outdoor Adventure
Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS) 3.5 hours X None 100
Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER) 6 hours X X None 42
Basic Air Monitoring (BAM) 6 hours X None 36
Air Monitoring Qualified Person (AMQP) 12 hours X None 30
Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO) 30 hours X X None 44
Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT) 30 hours X X CSRO 46
Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS) 30 hours X XCSRO &
CSRT48
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Water Instructor Courses
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Water and Flood Awareness Tutor (AWRT) 181
Basic Water First Responder Instructor (BWFRI) 150
Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor (OPSI) 160
Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI) 174
Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI) 175
Management of Water and Flood Incidents Instructor (MWFII) 159
Searching Rivers and Floods Instructor (SRFI) 170
Swiftwater Recovery Specialist Instructor (SRSI) 177
Rescues from Vehicles in Water Instructor (RVWI) 163
Technical Animal Rescue from Swiftwater Instructor (TARI) 178
Inland Rescue Swimmer Instructor (IRSI) 158
Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational Instructor (WRTRI) 182
Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional Instructor (WRTPI) 183
Ice Instructor Courses
Surface Ice Rescue Technician Instructor (SIRTI) 171
Surface Ice Rescue Specialist Instructor (SIRSI) 172
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Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Boat Operator Instructor (SFRBOI) 173
Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling Instructor (SPBHI) 176
Personal Watercraft Rescue Instructor (PWCI) 161
Rope Instructor Courses
Course Page #
Safe Work at Heights Tutor (SWAHT) 168
Co-Worker Rescue at Heights Instructor (CWRHI) 155
Rope Access for Emergency Responders Instructor (RAFERI) 164
Rope Rescue Operator Instructor (RROI) 165
Rope Rescue Technician Instructor (RRTI) 166
Rope Rescue Specialist Instructor (RRSI) 167
Tower Rescue Instructor (TWRI) 180
Wind Turbine Operator Instructor (WTOI) 184
Animal Rescue Technician Instructor (ARTI) 149
Recreational Rappel Instructor (RECROI) 162
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Safe Work in Confined Space Instructor (SWCSI) 169
Confined Space Entry and Rescue Instructor (CSERI) 151
Confined Space Rescue Operator Instructor (CSROI) 152
Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor (CSRTI) 153
Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI) 154
Air Monitoring Instructor (AMI) 148
Recreational Rappel Instructor (RECROI) 162
Instructor Trainer Levels
Course Page #
Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT) 188
Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT) 189
Instructor Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsR-IT) 190
Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT) 191
Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT) 192
Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator Instructor Trainer (SRBO-IT) 193
Whitewater Rescue Technician Instructor Trainer (WRT-IT) 194
Surface Ice Rescue Instructor Trainer (SIRT-IT) 195
Instructor Emeritus (INS-E) 196
Regional Programs As a worldwide training company Rescue 3 International recognizes that different countries and regions have different training needs. As such Rescue 3’s programs vary in different parts of the world both in course structure and course content.
This document is meant as a tool to help the reader find courses that may fit their specific needs, however keep in mind that the courses in a specific region may be different. Also, not all courses are available in all areas and some regions offer courses that may not be listed in this document.
For a list of courses available in your region, contact the Rescue 3 Office nearest you (page 2) or visit us online at www.rescue3.com.
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Air Monitoring Qualified Person (AMQP)This course builds upon the content in the Basic Air Monitoring (BAM) course, adding additional practical skills in the second day. It covers the what, how and why of gas detection. Attention will be paid to various types of gases, oxygen levels, explosion levels and safe working values. In addition, different types of gas detection equipment are discussed together with the practical advantages and disadvantages.
Contact hours
12 hours
Prerequisites
Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Basic Air Monitoring (BAM)• Air Monitoring Qualified Person (AMQP)
Recertified By• Air Monitoring Qualified Person (AMQP)
Taught by
• Air Monitoring Instructor (AMI)• Confined Space Rescue Operator Instructor (CSROI)• Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor (CSRTI)• Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI)• Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT)
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Air Monitoring Qualified Person (AMQP)
Skill/knowledge Date Student signature Instructor signature
Lecture knowledge
1. Rescue 3 philosophy
2. Rules, regulations and standards
3. Confined space definitions
4. Generic confined space hazards
5. Atmospheric hazards
6. Worker safety and survival
7. Oxygen-deficient and oxygen-enriched atmospheres
8. LEL, UEL, flammability range, relative response curves
9. Flashpoint, vapour pressure, vapour density
10. Toxic gases
11. Medical considerations with ammonia, carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulphide
12. Ventilation principles
13. Introduction to ATEX and inert atmospheres
14. Maintenance of gas monitoring equipment
Practical skills
15. Reading safety datasheets
16. Measuring oxygen levels with electrochemical oxygen sensors
17. Measuring explosion levels with catalytic hot bead combustible sensors
18. Measuring toxic levels with electrochemical toxic sensors
19. Fresh air calibration and bump testing
20. Types of hoses, leak testing, flushing hoses
21. Expectations, strategy and measuring in confined spaces
22. Interpretation and registration of monitoring data
23. Use of measuring tubes
24. Use of photo ionisation detectors (PID)
25. Introduction to infrared (IR) measuring techniques
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Animal Rescue Technician 1 (ART1)This course integrates the most current technology and research on technical animal rescue from throughout
the world, and utilizes “discovery learning” to teach skills necessary to safely effect technical rescues in environments ranging up trees to down cliffs. The course covers philosophy of animal emergency management, basic and specialized animal and technical rope rescue equipment, ropes and hardware, safety considerations, scene management and organization, ascending and descending systems, personal system change-overs, belaying, lowering and raising systems, system change-overs, patient packaging and management, ladder and tree rescue operations, animal body language, animal handling and restraint, animal first aid, field euthanasia, and chemical capture.
Contact hours
40 hours
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Animal Rescue Technician 1 (ART1)• Rope specialty course (see Rope specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Recerted by• Animal Rescue Technician 1 (ART1)• Animal Rescue Technician 2 (ART2)• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Rope (PQR)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)• Rope specialty course (see Rope specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Taught by
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SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE NFPA
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1. OS Human first aid: Comprehensive (recommended)
2. RK NFPA Standards -
3. RK Size-up, management, and preplanning 17.2.3(1-9)
4. RK Absolutes of technical animal rescue 17.2.3(1)
5. RK Philosophy of animal emergency management 17.2.3(9)
6. RS Communications (voice, whistle, hand, radio) 17.2.3(6)
7. RS Ladder operations 17.3.3(12)
8. RK Incident command systems 17.2.3(4)
9. RK Operational health, safety and risk management 17.2.3(5), 17.3.3(1)
10. RS Anchor systems 17.3.3(5-7)
11. RS Rappel, ascend and self rescue 17.3.3(5-7)
12. RS Lowering systems with animal (low angle) 17.3.3(5-7)
13. RS Lowering systems with animal (high angle) 17.3.3(5-7)
14. RS Hauling systems with animal (low angle) 17.3.3(5-7)
15. RS Hauling systems with animal (high angle) 17.3.3(5-7)
16. RS Independent/safety systems 17.3.3(5-7)
17. RS Knot passing (ascend/descend and haul/lower/safety) 17.3.3(5-7)
18. RK Technical equipment specifications and application 17.2.3(6, 8)
19. RK Technical equipment maintenance 17.2.3(8)
20. RS Animal body language (large and small) 17.3.3(2), 17.3.3(10)
21. RS Animal handling and restraint (large and small) 17.3.3(3)
22. RS Animal first aid (large and small) 17.3.3(13)
23. OS Tree rescue operations/climbing based rescues 17.3.3(7)
24. OK Field euthanasia (large and small)
25. RK Chemical capture 17.3.3(8)
26. RK Animal containment system and auxiliary equipment 17.3.3(11, 14)
27. RS Knots for high angle and general use 17.3.3(5-7)
28. RS Animal attachment points, rigging and packaging 17.3.3(4-6)
29. RK Night operations and safety protocols 17.2.3(5), 17.3.3(1)
30. RK Mud rescue theory 17.3.3(9)
31. RK Animal rescue involving HAZMAT considerations 17.2.3(10)
32. Additional Skills:
33. Additional Skills:
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Animal Rescue Technician 2 (ART2)The course includes helicopter operations, swiftwater rescue, horse trailer extrication, light urban search and rescue, ice rescue, advanced rope operations, restricted/confined space operations, elevated work platforms for rescue access and understanding disaster response standards (LEGS). Usually delivered as as number of short block courses, it can also be delivered as a single five to seven day course.
Contact hours
40-56 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18• Animal Rescue Technician 1 (ART1)
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Animal Rescue Technician 1 (ART1)• Animal Rescue Technician 2 (ART2)• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Rope specialty course (see Rope specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Recerted by• Animal Rescue Technician 2 (ART2)• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Rope (PQR)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)• Rope specialty course (see Rope specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Taught by
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1. Helicopter Operations
2. RK Helicopter safety 17.4.3(10)
3. RK Animal rigging for helicopter lifting operations 17.4.3(10)
4. RS Animal extended lift helicopter rescue 17.4.3(10)
5. Animal Technical Rescue
6. RK Rescue rigging physics for animal rescue 17.4.3(4, 8)
7. RS Specialist animal rescue harness systems 17.4.3(1)
8. RS High angle animal rescue: pick off or mid-face 17.4.3(2)
9. RS High angle animal rescue: highline system 17.4.3(3)
10. RS High angle animal rescue: edge management 17.4.3(6)
11. RS High angle animal rescue: animal rescue litter/sling 17.4.3(5)
12. RS Decontamination of animals (HAZMAT) 17.4.3(11)
13. RK Trailer extrication hazards and management 17.4.3(9)
14. RK Restricted and confined space hazards and safety 17.4.3(9)
15. OK Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards
16. OS Elevated Work Platform operation
17. Ice Rescue
18. CK Escape path cutting or sideways drag or cantilevering 17.4.3(7)
19. Structural Collapse Rescue
20. CK USAR response system and scene management
21. CK Building construction types
22. CK Structural collapse patterns
23. CS USAR search methods (incl. line and hail search)
24. CK USAR search markings and signals
25. CK USAR hazard and safety management
26. Swiftwater Rescue
27. CK Hydrology and river safety
28. CS River swimming (aggressive & defensive)
29. CS C spine rolls – human
30. CS River crossing (individual and team)
31. CS Throw bagging (rescuer and receiver)
32. CS Contact rescues – human and animal
33. CS Tensioned diagonal (zip line)
34. OS Boat on tether (2 and 4 point)
35. OS Par buckling
36. OS Righting flipped raft/boat or unwrapping raft
37. OS Strainer negotiation
38. OK Low head dam rescues
39. OS Boat on highline systems
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Basic Air Monitoring (BAM)This course covers the what, how and why of gas detection. Attention will be paid to various types of gases, oxygen levels, explosion levels and safe working values. In addition, different types of gas detection equipment are discussed together with the practical advantages and disadvantages.
Contact hours
6 hours
Prerequisites
Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Basic Air Monitoring (BAM)
Recertified By• Basic Air Monitoring (BAM)• Air Monitoring Qualified Person (AMQP)
Taught by
• Air Monitoring Instructor (AMI)• Confined Space Rescue Operator Instructor (CSROI)• Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor (CSRTI)• Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI)• Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT)
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Basic Air Monitoring (BAM)
Skill/knowledge Date Student signature Instructor signature
Lecture knowledge
1. Rescue 3 philosophy
2. Rules, regulations and standards
3. Confined space definitions
4. Generic confined space hazards
5. Atmospheric hazards
6. Worker safety and survival
7. Oxygen-deficient and oxygen-enriched atmospheres
8. LEL, UEL, flammability range, relative response curves
9. Flashpoint, vapour pressure, vapour density
10. Toxic gases
11. Medical considerations with ammonia, carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulphide
12. Ventilation principles
13. Introduction to ATEX and inert atmospheres
14. Maintenance of gas monitoring equipment
Practical skills
15. Reading safety datasheets
16. Measuring oxygen levels with electrochemical oxygen sensors
17. Measuring explosion levels with catalytic hot bead combustible sensors
18. Measuring toxic levels with electrochemical toxic sensors
19. Fresh air calibration and bump testing
20. Types of hoses, leak testing, flushing hoses
21. Expectations, strategy and measuring in confined spaces
22. Interpretation and registration of monitoring data
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Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)Designed for personnel who may be deployed to a basic (still) water environment, such as lakes, ponds and canals, where they may be required to undertake rescues. The course is a mixture of theory and practical sessions. The content includes the use of a variety of rescue equipment.
Contact hours
12 hours
PrerequisitesMust be a confident swimmer.Minimum age: 18
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)
Recerted by• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)
Taught by
• Basic Water First Responder Instructor (BWFRI)• Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor (OPSI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
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Skill/KnowledgeRescue 3 Standard
Date Student Signature Instructor Signature
Knowledge
Rescue 3 philosophy 1
Training standards 2
Hydrology and water hazards 4
Personal equipment 7
Technical and Team equipment 9
Pre-planning 10
Risk assessments 11
Incident size-up 12
Incident management and site control 14.1, 14.2
Medical and decontamination considerations 16
Considerations for night/poor visibility operations 17
Mud, ice and unstable surface considerations 18
Search Considerations 20
Accidental immersion considerations 26
Communications 22
Water Skills
Water entry and exit 27
Shallow water techniques 32
Swimming techniques and self rescue in a basic water environment
28
Conditional rescues - talk, reach, throw 31.1-31.5
True rescues in basic water 37
True rescues in moving water - tethered 38
Rescue platforms, sleds and boards 48
Masks, fi ns, and fl oating rescue devices 49
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BRW
Body Recovery from Water (BRW)Body Recovery from Water (BRW) course is a one day classroom course. This course is aimed at those who may lead or participate in body recoveries, in particular but not limited to swiftwater environments. Participants need no prior water experience as the one day format is entirely classroom based.
The course covers the complexities and techniques of body recovery from shallow depth swiftwater environments. Developed by international experts and using the latest research to provide an evidence based curriculum, this one course covers legal authorities, disaster victim identification, recovery incident management, decomposition, water related death investigation considerations, infectious disease control, psychological considerations, management of family and media, recovery management structures, evidential recording for law enforcement, professional standards and ethics, specialist recovery equipment and methods.
This course has been attended by law enforcement and SAR practitioners from all around the world and has become highly acclaimed. It covers the effects and considerations for both fresh (swiftwater and stillwater) and salt water based body recoveries.
As this course uses real footage of body recoveries and decomposition, this course is not suitable for those who may find such information and viewing upsetting.
Contact Hours
8 hours
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)• Body Recovery from Water (BRW)
Recerted by• Body Recovery from Water (BRW)• Swiftwater Recovery Specialist (SRS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)
Taught by
• Swiftwater Recovery Specialist Instructor (SRSI)• Swiftwater Recovery Specialist Instructor Trainer (SRS-IT)
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SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE Date Student
Initials
Instructor
Initials
1. RK Determining mode (Rescue vs. Recovery)
2. RK Local legal authority and roles
3. RK Disaster victim identification
4. RK Recovery management
5. RK Absolutes of body recovery
6. RK Decomposition factors and forensic considerations
7. RK Infectious disease control and personal safety
8. RK Psychological considerations
9. RK Management of family and media
10. RK Recording and presenting evidence for law enforcement
11. RK Body recovery equipment, techniques and case studies
12. RK Recovery methods from highline
13. RK Recovery methods using advanced throw bag techniques
14. RK Recovery methods from boat or board
15. RK Specialist equipment: Mr. Flexi, Captain Hook
16. RK SRS/BRW written exam
17. OS Swiftwater recovery exercise (cold zone role)
18. Additional skill/knowledge:
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Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER)Everyone who works in confined spaces may be faced with a colleague who is incapacitated and requires rescue. The Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER) course teaches participants to deal with that situation. Using simple techniques and industry standard equipment, you will learn how you can free a colleague from a dangerous situation in confined spaces. The rapid release of this trapped person must be your highest priority, to prevent further injury. In accordance with the law on working conditions and the consequent duty of care, an employer is required to prepare employees for this possible scenario. Generally, with a few simple tools, this problem can easily be solved.
Contact hours
6 hours
Prerequisites
Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS)• Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER)
Recertified By• Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER)• Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)• Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT)• Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS)
Taught by
• Confined Space Entry and Rescue Instructor (CSERI)• Confined Space Rescue Operator Instructor (CSROI)• Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor (CSRTI)• Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI)• Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT)
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Confi ned Space Entry and Rescue (CSER)Skill / Knowledge Standard Date Student
InitialsInstructor Initials
Rescue 3 Philosophy 1.1, 1.3
Confi ned Space defi nitions and hazards 2
Legislation and Standards 3
Confi ned space hazards and risk assessment 4.1-4.3, 4.5, 4.7
Personal Safety 5
Air monitoring 6.1-6.4
Lock-out, tag-out 7.1-7.2
Introduction to respiratory protection systems 8
Safe Systems of work and permits to work 13
Last-minute risk analysis and system safety check 15
On-scene safety briefi ng and site control 16.1-16.4,
16.14-16.16
Size-up, pre-planning and ICS 17.1, 17.2, 17.4, 17.7
Personal and Team Equipment 18.1, 18.3, 18.4, 18.6,
18.8, 18.9
Equipment care and maintenance 19
Entry procedures/entrant/safety attendant/entry
supervisor
20
Communications and Verbal Commands 22.2, 22.3, 22.5, 22.6
Medical considerations 23
Confi ned space ventilation 26
Introduction to technical gear and entry systems 27
Knots 28.2
Anchor Systems 29.2, 29.4-29.6,
29.8
Use of different types of fall arrest equipment 31.1-31.3
Reach type rescue with a telescopic pole 32
Standard tripod confi gurations and mechanical hoisting
33
Work restraint 34
Placing Edge/Rope Protection 36
Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage 37.6
Lead climbing with Lanyards 41
Practical use of SCBA for work and rescue
(optional)
51
Confi ned space rescue harnesses and stretchers 53
Casualty care and packing 54.1, 54.2
Emergency procedures 55
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Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)The Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO) course introduces the knowledge and skills required by personnel to operate safely and effectively during confined space rescues and be an active part of a confined space rescue team working under the supervision of Confined Space Rescue Technicians. Topics that are covered include: hazards of confined spaces, gas detection, legislation and guidelines on the area of confined spaces, knowledge of knots, loads and forces, building anchors, using pulley systems, use of tripod, self-climbing and
rappelling, lowering and hoisting of rescuer and victim, standard configurations, stretchers used for confined space, situation analysis and incident management around incidents in confined spaces.
Contact hours
30 hours
Prerequisites
Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS)• Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER)• Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)
Recertified By• Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)• Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT)• Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS)
Taught by
• Confined Space Rescue Operator Instructor (CSROI)• Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor (CSRTI)• Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI)• Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT)
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Confi ned Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)
Skill / Knowledge Standard Date Student Instructor
Rescue 3 Philosophy 1.1, 1.3
Confi ned Space defi nitions and hazards 2
Legislation and Standards 3
Confi ned space hazards and risk assessment 4.1-4.3, 4.5, 4.7
Personal Safety 5
Air monitoring 6
Lock-out, tag-out 7
Introduction to respiratory protection systems 8
Safe systems of work, permits to work, and rescue plans 13.2-13.4
Last-minute risk analysis and system safety check 15
On-scene safety briefi ng and site control 16.1-16.6, 16.8, 16.11, 16.13-16.16
Size-up, pre-planning and ICS 17
Personal and Team Equipment 18.1- 18.3, 18.5, 18.7-18.9
Equipment care and maintenance 19
Entry procedures/entrant/safety attendant/entry supervisor 20
Communications and Verbal Commands 22
Medical considerations 23
Use of a 4 gas pump meter 25
Confi ned space ventilation 26
Introduction to technical gear and entry systems 27
Knots 28.2,
Anchor Systems 29.2, 29.4-29.6, 29.8,, 29.9,
Belay systems and operations 30
Use of different types of fall arrest equipment 31.1-31.3
Reach type rescue with a telescopic pole 32
Standard tripod confi gurations and mechanical hoisting 33
Work restraint 34
Placing Edge/Rope Protection 36
Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage 37.1 -37.6, 37.9, 37.10, 37.13-37.16
Personal Ascending and Descending 39.1
Lead climbing with Lanyards 41
Litter Management - Low Angle 42
Low angle litter management in an industrial setting 43
Horizontal confi ned space entry and rescue 46
Vertical confi ned space entry and rescue 47
Rope-based raising and lowering systems 48.1, 48.3, 48.7
Use of SCBA for rescue 51
Confi ned space rescue harnesses and stretchers 53
Casualty care and packing 54.3, 54.4
Team-based raising and lowering systems 56
Mirrored team-based raising and lowering systems 57.1, 57.2
Offsets - Tagline 59
Scenario 66
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Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT)The Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT) course covers concepts and techniques to enable small teams to undertake technical confined space rescues. Both individual and team skills are extensively addressed. Topics that are thoroughly covered are hazard, gas detection, legislation, international guidelines, key learning, extensive loads and forces, building anchors, using pulley systems, use of tripod for entry and evacuation, self-climbing and rappelling, lowering and hoisting of rescuer and victim, use of stretchers and various stretcher configurations in confined spaces, moving and evacuations from manholes, victim care, building horizontal span, situation analysis, incident management and various scenarios.
Contact hours
30 hours
Prerequisites
• Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)• Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS)• Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER)• Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)• Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT)
Recertified By• Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT)• Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS)
Taught by
• Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor (CSRTI)• Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI)• Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT)
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Confi ned Space Rescue Technician (CSRT)
Skill / Knowledge Standard Date Student Initials
Instructor Initials
Rescue 3 Philosophy 1.1, 1.3
Confi ned space hazards and risk assessment 4.4
Use of detector tubes 9
Supplied air systems 10
Hardwire communication systems 11
Rescue systems analysis 12
Safe systems of work, permits to work, and
rescue plans
13.3, 13.4
Use of PID meters 14
On-scene safety briefi ng and site control 16.6, 16.7, 16.9,
16.11-16.16
Knots 28.2, 28.4
Anchor Systems 29.2, 29.4-29.9
Belay systems and operations 30
Use of different types of fall arrest equipment 31.4, 31.5
Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage 37.7-37.9,
37.11-37.16
Personal Ascending and Descending 39.2, 39.3
Litter Management - Low Angle 42.2
Litter attending - high angle 44
Vertical/horizontal litter transitions 45
Horizontal confi ned space entry and rescue 46
Vertical confi ned space entry and rescue 47
Rope-based raising and lowering systems over an
edge with artifi cial high directional48.2, 48.4-48.5, 48.7
Individual pick-off rescues 49
Team-based pick-off and team-based casualty
evacuations
50
Use of SAR for rescue 52
Confi ned space rescue harnesses and stretchers 53
Mirrored team-based raising and lowering
systems
57.3-57.5
Offsets - Defl ection 58.1, 58.2
Offsets - Guiding Line 60
Offsets - Tracking Line 62
Scenario 66
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Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS)The Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS) course is for confined space rescue team members who already have completed a comprehensive basic training and want to continue to specialize. This training continues where the CSRT course finishes.
Contact hours
30 hours
Prerequisites
• Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)• Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT)• Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS)• Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER)• Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)• Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT)• Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS)
Recertified By• Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS)
Taught by
• Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI)• Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT)
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Confi ned Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS)
Skill / Knowledge Standard Date Student Initials
Instructor Initials
On-scene safety briefi ng and site control 16.10-16.16
Knots 28.2
Anchor Systems 29.10-29.11
Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage 37.16
Knot passing 38
Personal Ascending and Descending 39.2, 39.3
Climbing over a 90 degree edge 40
Litter Management - Low Angle 42.2
Litter attending - high angle 44.2
Vertical/horizontal litter transitions 45
Rope-based raising and lowering systems 48.6, 48.7
Mirrored team-based raising and lowering
systems
57.3-57.5
Offsets - Defl ection 58.3
Offsets - Skateblock 61
Offsets - Two Rope 63
Highline rope system - Kootenay highline 64
Night/poor visibility operations 65
Scenario 66
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Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)Everyone who works at height may be faced with a colleague who has fallen and is hanging helplessly in his fall
protection system. The Co-Worker Rescue at Heights course teaches participants to deal with that situation. Using simple techniques and industry standard equipment, you will learn how you can free a colleague from a dangerous situation after they have dropped into their fall arrest system. The rapid release of this trapped person must be your highest priority, to prevent further injury. In accordance with the law on working conditions and the consequent duty of care, an employer is required to prepare employees for this possible scenario. Generally, with a few simple tools, this problem can easily be solved.
Contact hours
6 hours
or
3.5 hour add-on to Safe Work at Heights (SWAH) qualification
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Safe Work at Heights (SWAH)• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)
Recertified By• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)• Wind Turbine Access for Emergency Responders (WTAFER)• Wind Turbine Operator (WTO)• Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR)
Taught by
• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights Instructor (CWRHI)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders Instructor (RAFERI)• Rope Rescue Operator Instructor (RROI)• Rope Rescue Technician Instructor (RRTI)• Rope Rescue Specialist Instructor (RRSI)• Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT)
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Skill / Knowledge Standard Date Student Initials
Instructor Initials
Rescue 3 Philosophy 1
Training Standards 2
Medical considerations 3
Personal equipment 4
Technical Equipment 5
Pre-planning 6
Risk assessments 7
Incident size-up 8.2 - 8.4, 8.7
Incident Management & Site Control 9.1 - 9.4
Loads and forces 10.1 - 10.3
System safety checks 11
Communications 12
Knots 13
Anchor systems 14
Rope Protection 15
Work restraint 16
Fall arrest 17
Emergency descending 18
Lead climbing with lanyards 19
Connecting a casualty on a line using a telescopic
pole
20
Lifting and lowering a casualty using a preinstalled
device
21.1 - 20.2
Casualty care 22
Individual pick-offs 27
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Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB)This course providers the knowledge and techniques to allow employees to provide bank-based rescue cover for their colleagues working next to basic water environments (e.g., small lakes, canals, sheltered harbors, and marinas where use of a powered safety boat is not required).
The equivalent course for rescue teams is Basic Water First Responder (BWFR) (see page 38).
Contact hours
12 hours
Prerequisites• Must be a confident swimmer.• Minimum age: 18
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Safe Work Near Water (SWNW)• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB)
Recerted by• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB)• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic and Moving (CWRWBM)
Taught by
• Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor (OPSI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
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Skill/KnowledgeRescue 3 Standard
Date Student Signature Instructor Signature
Lecture/knowledge
Rescue 3 philosophy 1
Training standards 2
Hydrology and water hazards 4
Personal equipment 7.1, 7.3 7.4
Technical and Team equipment 9
Pre-planning 10
Risk assessments 11
Incident size-up (non-emergency services) 13
Incident management and site control 14
Medical and decontamination considerations 16.1, 16.3, 16.4
Considerations for night/poor visibility operations 17
Mud, ice and unstable surface considerations 18.1
Communications 22
Accidental immersion considerations 26
Search Considerations 20
Practical skills
Water entry and exit 27
Shallow water techniques 32.1 - 32.3
Swimming techniques and self rescue in a basic water environment
28
Conditional rescues - talk, reach, throw 31.1 - 31.5
True rescues in moving water - tethered 38.1
Rescue platforms, sleds and boards 48
Masks, fi ns, and fl oating rescue devices 49
Victim management 43
People and equipment entrapments 42.1 - 42.4
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Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic and Moving (CWRWBM)This course providers the knowledge and techniques to allow employees to provide bank-based rescue cover for their colleagues working next to moving water (inland rivers, confined tidal flows) where use of a powered safety boat is not required.
Contact hours
18 hours
Prerequisites• Must be a confident swimmer.• Minimum age: 18
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Safe Work Near Water (SWNW)• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB)• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic & Moving (CWRWBM)
Recerted by• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic & Moving (CWRWBM)
Taught by
• Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor (OPSI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
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Skill/KnowledgeRescue 3 Standard
DateStudent
SignatureInstructor Signature
Lecture/knowledge
Rescue 3 philosophy 1
Training standards 2
Hydrology and water hazards 4
Personal equipment 7.1, 7.3 7.4
Technical and Team equipment 9
Pre-planning 10
Risk assessments 11
Incident size-up (non-emergency services) 13
Incident management and site control 14
Medical and decontamination considerations16.1, 16.3,
16.4
Considerations for night/poor visibility operations 17
Mud, ice and unstable surface considerations 18.1
Communications 22
Accidental immersion considerations 26
Search Considerations 20
Practical skills
Water entry and exit 27
Shallow water techniques 32
Swimming techniques and self rescue in a basic water environment
29, 28.4
Conditional rescues - talk, reach, throw 31.1 - 31.5
True rescues in moving water - tethered 38.1
Rescue platforms, sleds and boards 48
Masks, fi ns, and fl oating rescue devices 49
Victim management 43
People and equipment entrapments 42.1 - 42.4
Tensioned diagonals 35
Line crossing methods 36
Knots and anchor systems 44
Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage 45
Belay systems 46
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First Due Low Angle (FDLA)Designed with a focus on the fire service, the course equips first due engine & rescue crews with the basic skills required to safely and efficiently conduct patient access and extraction during low complexity, vehicle over the embankment rescues.
Central to the course is the introduction of the latest in proven international and industrial tools & practices, offering significant efficiencies in instruction time, field deployment times and student retention.
Due to the narrow focus, students completing the course will not possess many of the knowledge and skill sets associated with general rope rescue.
Contact hours
8 hours
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• First Due Low Angle (FDLA)
Recerted by• First Due Low Angle (FDLA)• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL)• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)
Taught by
• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level Instructor (TRROLI)• Instructor: Rope (InsR)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders Instructor (RAFERI)• Rope Rescue Operator Instructor (RROI)• Rope Rescue Technician Instructor (RRTI)• Rope Rescue Specialist Instructor (RRSI)• Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT)• Instructor Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsR-IT)
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SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE DateStudent
Initials
Instructor
Initials
1. Rescue 3 Philosophy
2. Rescuer Safety & Survival
3. Personal and team gear
4. Equipment care and maintenance/ record keeping
5. Pre-incident planning
6. Size up & Incident management
7. On scene safety briefing and site control
a. Lock out
b. Staging of units
c. Traffic/bystander control
8. Knots/hitches
a. Figure eight on a byte
b. Prussic hitch
9. Basket anchor systems
10. Low angle rappelling
11. Lowering and raising systems/changeover
12. Low angle litter operations
a. Patient packaging
b. Low angle movement
13. Scenarios
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Flood Management for Non-Emergency Services (FMNES)The FMNES course is designed for managers of non-emergency services during flood events, for example, managers of utilities, road workers, and transport companies. Topics covered include operating safely in flood zones, equipment needs, pre-planning, risk management, and multi-agency flood planning.
Contact hours
12 hours
PrerequisitesMust be a confident swimmer.Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Flood Worker Safety (FWS)• Flood Operations (FO)• Flood Management for Non-Emergency Services (FMNES)
Recerted by• Flood Management for Non-Emergency Services (FMNES)
Taught by
• Management of Water and Flood Incidents Instructor (MWFII)• Management of Water and Flood Incidents Instructor Trainer (MWFI-IT)
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Flood Management for Non Emergency Services (FMNES)
Rescue 3 International
Instructions: Both the student and instructor must sign and date the skill sheet in order to make it a valid record of training. The instructor will retain the yellow sheet and give the white copy to the student. Core curriculum is in bold.
The undersigned agree that the student has received training in the demonstrated skills and knowledge (with exceptions noted under ‘Remarks’), or has observed all of the above skills, and with practice will be prepared to perform them. Said student also understands that his/her competency will be in direct relation to the amount of time he/she devotes to skills practice and further training with these skills and knowledge.Student signature:
Student: __________________________________________ Training Provider: _____________________________
Date skill sheet started: _____________________________ Location of course: ____________________________
Skill/KnowledgeRescue 3 Standard
Date Student Signature
Knowledge
Rescue 3 philosophy 1
Training standards 2
Hydrology and water hazards 4
Personal equipment 7.1, 7.4
Rescue Equipment Considerations 8
Pre-planning 10
Risk assessments 11
Incident size-up (non-emergency services) 13.1, 13.2
Site control (non-emergency services) 15
Medical and decontamination considerations16.1, 16.3,
16.4
Considerations for night/poor visibility operations 17
Mud, ice and unstable surface considerations 18.1
Communications 22
Accidental immersion considerations 26
Practical skills
Receiving a throwbag (dry land) 31.4
Optional:
Optional:
SAMPLE
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Flood Operations (FO)The Flood Operations course was designed to provide emergency planners and emergency workers with the necessary knowledge and techniques to enable them to assess and work in flood environments. Flood Operations is perfect for those who will be working in heavy flood conditions, such as hydrologists, dam workers, road workers, and utilities repair workers. The course is a mixture of theory input and in-water practical sessions.
Contact hours
12 hours
PrerequisitesMust be a confident swimmerMinimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Flood Worker Safety (FWS)• Flood Operations (FO)
Recerted by• Flood Operations (FO)• Flood Management for Non-Emergency Services (FMNES)
Taught by
• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
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Flood Operations (FO)
Skill/knowledge Date Student signature Instructor signature
Lecture knowledge
1. Rescue 3 philosophy
2. Health and safety brief
3. Water safety principles and philosophy
4. Water and flood dynamics and hazards
5. HAZMAT
6. Flood management
7. Pre-planning
8. Tactical decision making
9. Flood assets
10. Medical considerations
11. Working at night
12. Personal protective equipment
13. Basic rescue protocols
Practical skills
14. Defensive and aggressive swimming
15. Shallow water crossings
16. Foot and body entrapments
Other
Optional:
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Flood Rescue Boat Operator (FRBO)Flood Rescue Boat Operator is a course designed to train rescue personnel in handling motorized boats during flood operations. Students are exposed to a number of topics including types of motorized boats suitable for water rescue, boat handling on still or slowly moving water, crew roles, boat safety and problem solving. Techniques are then put to work doing searches in flood environments, stranded victim and in-water retrieval, and rescue of conscious and unconscious persons.
Contact hours
24 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18.• Must be a confident swimmer.• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Flood Rescue Boat Operator (FRBO)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Recerted by• Flood Rescue Boat Operator (FRBO)• Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator (SRBO)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Boat Operator (SFRBO)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Taught by
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Skill / KnowledgeDate
Performed/Observed
Student
Initials
Instructor
Initials
1. Operational Risk Assessment Lecture
2. Crew Positions and Responsibilities Lecture
3. Boat Handling Theory Lecture
4. Navigation Rules Lecture
5. Swiftwater Dynamics – Class I Lecture
6. Inter-Agency Operations and Large Scale Incidents Lecture
7. Search Techniques Lecture
8. Daily, Pre-Trip and Post-Trip Check Procedures
9. Boat Rigging
10. Station Holding – Class I
11. Mid-Stream Object Touches – Class I
12. Motor Failure Procedures – Class I
13. Close Quarter Maneuvering – Class I
14. On Plane Maneuvering – Class I
15. Person In Water Recovery – Class I
16. Rescue Swimmer Deployment – Class I
17. Capsize Recovery – Class I
18. Towing – Class I
19. Pacing – Class I
20. Search Scenario – Class I
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
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Flood Worker Safety (FWS)This one day course assists organizations who’s workers may work around flood water, such as road contractors, storm water contractors, flood engineers, and vehicle break down services. We still advocate that the public should never drive in flood water, but while the public hopefully stay indoors during flood events, many critical services such as storm water, roads and other utilities still have to operate and do so as part of mitigating the flooding event. Such critical services need basic training to work safely around flood water.
This course has half a day in the classroom discussing safety planning, working safely around flood water, flood water features and hazards, vehicles in water safety and escape methods, personal protective equipment, special hazards (aqueducts, manholes etc), medical considerations, decontamination, communications and incident management. The second part of the day is spent in moving water (grade 1-2) and covers how to use throwbags, wading/crossing techniques, and survival swimming.
This course is a must for any employee or volunteer working near or in flood water.
For organizations that have a higher risk such as hydrologists, dam operators, remote/lone workers etc, we recommend our two day Flood Operations course that allows for more customization including wader safety, more advanced rescues and practicals in higher water flows (grade 2+).
Contact hours
8 hours
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Flood Worker Safety (FWS)
Recerted by• Flood Worker Safety (FWS)• Flood Operations (FO)• Flood Management for Non-Emergency Services (FMNES)
Taught by
• Basic Water First Responder Instructor (BWFRI)• Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor (OPSI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
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PO Box 1050 • Wilton • California • 95693 •& Canada) • +001.916.687.6556 (International) • •
ons: The following competencies are identified as either “requisite skills” (RS) or “requisite knowledge” (RK). Under the column “Date”, either
additional practice/training is needed under “Remarks”.
ned agree that the student has received training in the demonstrated skills and knowledge (with exceptions noted under “Remarks”);
# RK/RS SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE Date
Student
Initials
Instructor
Initials
1. RK Rescue principles and philosophy
2. RK Water features (hydrology) and hazards
3. RK Flooding characteristics, early warning systems and risk management
4. RK Personal safety and equipment
5. RK Vehicle in water behavior and escape
6. RK Medical considerations for flood workers including decontamination
7. RK Special hazards: aqueducts, drains, manholes, pipes, night operations, lone worker
8. RK Incident Management and Size Up
9. RK Workplace safety systems: pre-planning for working around flood water
10. RK Communications and distress beacons
11. RS Survival swimming
12. RS Reach based rescues
13. RS Throw based rescues
14. RS Throw bag operation (receive and throw)
15. RS Shallow water crossing (wading)
16. OS Wader safety/drills (optional)
17. OS/OK Other/Proprietary Equipment (specify)
Flood Worker Safety (FWS)
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IRS
Inland Rescue Swimmer (IRS)The Inland Rescue Swimmer is focused on the inland open water environment to include areas such as lakes or
ponds of various sizes. Here the swimmer improves their swimming technique and is introduced to swimmer adjuncts. Safety of the swimmer is a high priority during this module while training for victims in the open water environment, including interventions and medical management. The student will practice both shore and boat based open water search techniques, as well as recovery of submerged victims.
Contact Hours
16 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18• Must be a strong swimmer.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Inland Rescue Swimmer (IRS)
Recerted by• Inland Rescue Swimmer (IRS)• Inland Rescue Swimmer Advanced (IRSA)• Inland Rescue Swimmer Coastal (IRSC)
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The student and instructor agree that the below-signed student has adequately completed skills practice and/or review; or has observed all the above skills, and
SKILL/KNOWLEDGEDate
Performed/Observed
Student
InitialsInstructor
Initials
1. Philosophy of Rescue Lecture
2. Rescuer Safety Lecture
3. Rescuer Survival Lecture
4. Specialized Equipment Lecture
5. Scene Management
6. a. Documentation Lecture
7. b. Site Control / ICS Lecture
8. c. Communications Lecture
9. d. Risk v. Benefit Lecture
10. SCUBA operations Lecture
11. Search
12. a. Passive v. Active Lecture
13. b. Techniques (patterns, triangulation, marking)
Skill
14. Medical Management and Treatment Skill
15. Swim Techniques
16. a. Personal Evaluation ______ yds /_____mins
Skill
17. b. Aggressive Skill
18. c. Recovery Skill
19. d. Swimmer Adjuncts (mask, snorkel, fins, floatation)
Skill
20. Victim Management
21. a. Escapes/Releases Skill
22. b. Victim Tow (contact, adjunct) Skill
23. c. Sub-surface Recovery Skill
24. d. Victim packaging Skill
25. Operation Scenarios:
26. a. Shore based ops. Skill
27. b. Boat based ops. Skill
28. Rescue problem Skill
29. Other:
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Inland Rescue Swimmer Advanced (IRSA)The Inland Advanced module, a one day upgrade, is the next step in developing the complete rescue swimmer. The swimmer will spend time learning the techniques and strategies for search and rescue of victims in a slow moving water environment such as large rivers or bays. The management of large events such as plane
crashes, boating and commuter incidents will also be discussed. The swimmer will continue to improve safety and survivability of the responder with orientation to helicopter operations to include emergency egress drills and the use of spare air devices.
Contact Hours
8 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18• Inland Rescue Swimmer (IRS)
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Inland Rescue Swimmer (IRS)• Inland Rescue Swimmer Advanced (IRSA)
Recerted by• Inland Rescue Swimmer Advanced (IRSA)
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Inland Rescue Swimmer Advanced (IRSA)bottom of the record in order to make it valid.
SKILL/KNOWLEDGEDate
Performed/Observed
Student
InitialsInstructor
Initials
1. Philosophy of Rescue Lecture
2. Rescuer Safety Lecture
3. Rescuer / Victim Survival Lecture
4. Water Dynamics (Hydrology) Lecture
5. Scene Management
6. a. Documentation Lecture
7. b. Site Control / ICS Lecture
8. c. Communications Lecture
9. d. Risk v. Benefit Lecture
10. e. Large Incident Management Lecture
11. SCUBA operations Lecture
12. Search
13. a. Passive v. Active Lecture
14. b. Techniques(patterns, triangulation, marking, sonar)
Skill
15. c. Containment / Control Skill
16. Swim Techniques
17. a. Personal Evaluation ______ yds /_____mins
Skill
18. b. Stroke Review Skill
19. Boat Based Operations
20. a. Search (triangulation, marking, sonar) Skill
21. b. Containment / Control Skill
22. c. Victim Management Skill
23. Moving Water Operations
24. a. Search (triangulation, marking, sonar, dynamics)
Skill
25. b. Containment / Control Skill
26. c. Victim Management Skill
27. Helicopter Operations
28. a. Emergency Egress Skill
29. b. Spare Air Devices Skill
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Inland Rescue Swimmer Coastal (IRSC)The Coastal Basic module is a one day upgrade and is designed for the responder who is responsible for search and rescue operations on the coastal water fronts. Here the Rescue Swimmer will learn a combination of basic lifeguarding techniques combined with the essentials of inland rescue. The course will cover the water dynamics which occur in the water effected by tide and surf. The swimmer will learn techniques to swimming efficiently and effectively with a continued focus on victim management.
Contact Hours
8 hours
PrerequisitesInland Rescue Swimmer (IRS)
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Inland Rescue Swimmer (IRS)• Inland Rescue Swimmer Coastal (IRSC)
Recerted by• Inland Rescue Swimmer Coastal (IRSC)
Taught by
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Inland Rescue Swimmer Coastal (IRSC)bottom of the record in order to make it valid.
SKILL/KNOWLEDGEDate
Performed/Observed
Student
InitialsInstructor
Initials
1. Philosophy of Rescue Lecture
2. Rescuer Safety Lecture
3. Rescuer / Victim Survival Lecture
4. Water Dynamics (Hydrology) Lecture
5. Scene Management
6. a. Documentation Lecture
7. b. Site Control / ICS Lecture
8. c. Communications Lecture
9. d. Risk v. Benefit Lecture
10. Search
11. a. Passive v. Active Skill
12. b. Techniques(patterns, triangulation) Skill
13. c. Containment / Control Skill
14. Swim Techniques
15. a. Personal Evaluation ______ yds /_____mins
Skill
16. b. Stroke Review Skill
17. c. Swimming Surf Skill
18. Surf Operations
19. a. Currents/Tides Skill
20. b. Containment / Control Skill
21. c. Victim Management Skill
22. d. Swimmer Adjuncts Skill
23. Medical Considerations Skill
24. Other:
25.
26.
27.
28.
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Lifejacket Competent User (LJCU)For personnel who will operate in the warm zone at a water rescue incident and personnel who will operate
near water as part of their key job function (e.g., construction workers, EA water hydrometry staff, etc.) As such, it is not intended that they will enter the water, and a manual or auto inflation lifejacket is worn as PPE for accidental water entry only.
Contact hours
6 hours
PrerequisitesMust be a confident swimmer.Minimum age: 18
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Lifejacket Competent User (LJCU)
Recerted by• Lifejacket Competent User (LJCU)• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB)• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic and Moving (CWRWBM)
Taught by
• Basic Water First Responder Instructor (BWFRI)• Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor (OPSI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
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Skill/KnowledgeRescue 3 Standard
Date Student Signature Instructor Signature
Lecture
Rescue 3 philosophy 1
Training standards 2
Hydrology and water hazards 4
Personal equipment 7.1, 7.4
Rescue Equipment Considerations 8
Pre-planning 10
Risk assessments 11
Incident size-up (non-emergency services) 13
Site control (non-emergency services) 15
Medical and decontamination considerations 16
Considerations for night/poor visibility operations 17
Mud, ice and unstable surface considerations 18.1
Communications 22
Accidental immersion considerations 26
Floodwater dynamics and hazards 5
Infl atable Lifejacket Specifi c KnowledgeInfl atable Lifejacket types and standard 93
Firing mechanisms 94
Selection and correct fi tting of infl atable lifejacket 95
Sizing considerations 96
Adaptation of infl atable lifejackets for high-risk areas and tasks
97
Periodic maintenance and inspection regime of infl atable lifejacket
98
Practical Skills
Pre-use and post-use infl atable lifejacket checks 99
Protection of infl atable lifejacket from sharps 100
Infl atable lifejacket infl ation and defl ation - auto/manual
101
Swimming and self-rescue in an infl atable lifejacket 102
Exiting the water in an infl atable lifejacket 103
Conditional rescues - talk, reach, throw 31
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Management of Water & Flood Incidents (MWFI)This high level course is designed for management and command personnel from emergency response,
municipalities, regional districts, and industry who are responsible for coordinating a response to major water rescue and flood incidents. The course provides the underlying knowledge and skills to successfully manage single or multi-agency operations within a jurisdiction’s existing emergency response framework.
The curriculum is designed to bridge the gap between the emergency planning process and the actual on-
scene response—a combination of operational skills and knowledge that most other training does not address. Participants will learn practical, operational skills that they will draw upon continually before, during and after major incidents.
This course also includes an on-river session to teach the practical, self-rescue skills required in a moving water environment. This ensures that managers and commanders have the ability to operate in the “warm-zone” (on shore) in a safe, effective and efficient manner while they are on-scene.
Contact Hours
40 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Management of Water and Flood Incidents (MWFI)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Recerted by• Management of Water and Flood Incidents (MWFI)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Taught by
• Management of Water and Flood Incidents Instructor (MWFII)• Management of Water and Flood Incidents Instructor Trainer (MWFI-IT)
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Date Student Signature Instructor Signature
Knowledge
Rescue 3 philosophy 1
Training standards 2
Hydrology and water hazards 4
Floodwater dynamics and hazards 5
Personal equipment 7
Technical and Team equipment 9
Water Rescue techniques
Swiftwater swimming techniques 29
Conditional rescues - talk, reach, throw 31
Shallow water techniques 32
Infl ated fi re hose (if used by agency) 34
Victim management43.1, 43.2,
43.3
People and equipment entrapments 42
Specifi c hazards and risks
Considerations for night/poor visibility operations 17
Weir (low-head dam) assessment and pre-planning 53
Water incident management
Pre-planning for fl ood incidents 71
Guidance and best practice documents 69
Incident size-up 12
Incident management and site control14.1, 14.2,
14.3
Welfare Considerations 72
Medical and decontamination considerations 16
Communications 22
Management of powered boat operations 73
Introduction to searching rivers and fl oods 19
Management of rescues from vehicles in water 70
Flood management
Flood theory 6
Weather and fl ood warning information 74
Local emergency fl ood plans 75
Multi-agency command and control considerations 76
Team typing and deployment of national assets 77
Flood management exercise 78
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Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)This course is designed to provide students with both a theoretical and practical knowledge of the basics of swiftwater rescue. The class includes one day of classroom instruction and one day of practical field exercise. Students are trained in hazard recognition, equipment use, and basic shore and boat-based rescue techniques, as well as a wide variety of other skills. After completing this course, personnel will also be able to be in the support role for technician level rescuers in higher risk technical water rescues.
Contact hours
16 hours
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater First Responder (OPS)
Recerted by• Operations: Swiftwater First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)
Taught by
• Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor (OPSI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
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SignatureInstructor Signature
Knowledge
Rescue 3 philosophy 1
Training standards 2
Best Practice Guidelines 3
Hydrology and water hazards 4
Flood theory/Floodwater dynamics and hazards 6, 5
Personal equipment/Technical and Team equipment 7, 8, 9
Pre-planning 10
Risk assessments 11
Incident size-up 12
Incident management and site control14.1, 14.2,
14.3
Medical and decontamination considerations 16
Considerations for night/poor visibility operations 17
Search Considerations 20
Helicopter familiarization 21
Communications 22
Mud, ice and unstable surface considerations (optional) 18
Water Skills
Swiftwater swimming techniques 29
Conditional rescues - talk, reach, throw 31
Shallow water techniques 32
People and equipment entrapments 42
Tensioned diagonals 35
Tethered boat techniques 33
Line crossing methods 36
Knots and anchor systems 44
Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage 45
Belay systems 46
Victim management 43
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Personal Watercraft Surf Rescue Technician (PWC)The Personal Watercraft Surf Rescue Technician (PWC) course is designed to be taught in a three-day format, where water rescue has already been taught. Primary emphasis is placed on rescuer safety and survival. Topics
will include ocean, inlet, lake and moving water dynamics; near shore hazards and problems; transport, set up,
launch and retrieval procedures for PWC; construction, maintenance and repair of PWC and rescue techniques and operations for which the PWC is used in a variety of environmental conditions.
The course teaches the basic skills for both operator and rescue crewman. It will enable the students to identify clearly there own limitations as well as those of the equipment, so that they will be able to utilize craft more safely and effectively.
Contact hours
18 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18.• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT) or Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRTP)
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Personal Watercraft Surf Rescue Technician (PWC)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8)
Recerted by• Personal Watercraft Surf Rescue Technician (PWC)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8)
Taught by
• Personal Watercraft Rescue Instructor (PWCI)• Personal Watercraft Rescue Instructor Trainer (PWC-IT)
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Professional Qualification Assessment: Rope (PQR)This assessment provides independent verification of a student’s qualification as a NFPA 1006 Rope Rescue Technician. This assessment is not an instructional course, but rather is a place for fully trained rescuers to prove their competency.
Prior to sitting for the PQR Assessment, candidates must complete a Taskbook, which is available by contacting Rescue 3 International at info@rescue3.com.
Contact hours
8 hours
Prerequisites• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Professional Qualification Assessment Rope (PQR)
Recerted by• Professional Qualification Assessment Rope (PQR)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)
Taught by
• Instructor: Rope (InsR)• Rope Rescue Technician Instructor (RRTI)• Rope Rescue Specialist Instructor (RRSI)• Instructor Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsR-IT)• Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT)
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Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)This assessment provides independent verification of a student’s qualification as an NFPA 1006 Swiftwater and Rope Rescue Technician under NFPA 1006. This assessment is not an instructional course, but rather is a place for fully trained rescuers to prove their competency.
Prior to sitting for the PQWR Assessment, candidates must complete a Taskbook, which is available by contacting Rescue 3 International at info@rescue3.com.
Contact hours
16 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA)
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA)• Professional Qualification Assessment Water & Rope (PQWR)
Recerted by• Professional Qualification Assessment Water & Rope (PQWR)
Taught by
• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
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Recreational Rappel Operator (RECRO)The four day course is based on international best practice, including the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council’s abseil instruction resources and covers how to lead group rappeling (abseiling) activities in a recreational context. It includes knots, environmental care, rope physics, technical equipment, anchoring, rappeling, contingency/releasable anchor systems, belaying, coaching new rappellers, emergency drills, ascending, risk management and site management.
This course is aimed at recreational users only and not suitable for public safety or industrial rope access. For those who already hold Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL), Rope Rescue Operator (RRO), or above, we offer a two day upgrade course. Students may have the opportunity to go on and complete certification as a Recreational Rappel Instructor (RECROI) with Rescue 3 International.
Contact hours
32 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18.• Must be comfortable working at heights and have previous rappeling (abseiling) experience
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Recreation Rappel Operator (RECRO)
Recerted by• Recreation Rappel Operator (RECRO)
Taught by
• Recreational Rappel Instructor (RECROI)• Instructor: Rope (InsR)• Rope Rescue Operator Instructor (RROI)• Rope Rescue Technician Instructor (RRTI)• Rope Rescue Specialist Instructor (RRSI)• Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT)• Instructor Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsR-IT)
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are identified as either “requisite skills” (RS) or “requisite knowledge” (RK). er the column “Date”,
“Remarks”. Both the student and the instructor
RK/
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SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE Date
Student
Initials
Instructor
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1. RK Overview of Rescue 3 International 2. RK Environmental care (abseil care code) 3. RK Rope disciplines: technical rescue, recreational, industrial 4. RK Rope physics (vector/angle forces, fall factors) 5. RK Technical equipment knowledge, maintenance and care 6. RK Local adventure/recreational safety regulations 7. RS Knots, hitches, prussic, bends, coiling, uncoiling. 8. RS Dry run rappelling with clients – figure 8 descender 9. RS Anchoring (load sharing) systems 10. RS Anchoring (self equalizing) systems 11. RS Harness type, selection and fitting. 12. RRS Rigging edgelines and personal safety 13. RS Rigging recreational rappel system including contingency anchor 14. RS Rappel stance and descent including stop and locking off 15. RS Rappel on surfaced wall under control 16. RS Independent belay operation for recreational rappelling 17. RS Independent rigging including attachment to client 18. RS Supporting anxious clients including edge transition 19. RS Emergency Drill: Inverted client 20. RS Emergency Drill: Jammed descender (client) 21. RS Emergency Drill: Unresponsive client (lowering client to bottom) 22. RS Emergency Drill: Unresponsive client (hauling client to top) 23. RS Risk management systems and safety checks 24. RS Periodic abrasion checks and rope adjustments 25. RS Belay device: Petzl Grigri, Italian Hitch (delete as required) 26. RS Belay – Self Belay 27. RS Belay – Ground Belay 28. RS Ascending – mechanical 29. RS Ascending - prussiks 30. RK Gear, rope and instructor logs 31. OS Rappel in free fall (non-walled descent) 32. OS Rappel in free fall inverted 33. OS Rappel – using descenders (specify) 34. OS Rappel self-rescue (foot wrap and prussic methods) 35. OS Site management
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Recreational River Safety (RECRS)The half-day course is based on international best practice, including the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council’s river safety resources and covers river crossing decision making, shallow water crossing techniques (solo and group), river swimming survival techniques, use of throw-bags and where required, pack floats and wader safety drills are covered. This course is aimed at recreational users only.
Contact hours
4 hours
PrerequisitesMust be a confident swimmer.Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Recreational River Safety (RECRS)
Recerted by• Recreational River Safety (RECRS)• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB)• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic and Moving (CWRWBM)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational (WRT-Rec)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRTP)
Taught by
• Basic Water First Responder Instructor (BWFRI)• Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor (OPSI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)• Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational Instructor (WRTRI)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional Instructor (WRTPI)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Instructor Trainer (WRT-IT)
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Rescues from Vehicles in Water (RVW)The Rescue from Vehicles in Water workshop is a specialist course for Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technicians that explores the skills required to deal with car related rescues in Swiftwater and Floods. The course looks at vehicle behavior and stabilization in water, as well as access techniques and victim extrication. Vehicle hydrology, glass management, anchors, and weight transfer are all addressed in this two day, hands on clinic.
Contact Hours
16 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Recerted by• Rescue from Vehicles in Water (RVW)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Taught by
• Rescue from Vehicles in Water Instructor (RVWI)• Rescue from Vehicles in Water Instructor Trainer (RVW-IT)
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Date Student Signature Instructor Signature
Knowledge
Rescue 3 philosophy 1
Training standards 2
Vehicle behavior in water 79
Pre-planning 10
Incident size-up for rescues from vehicles in water 80
Incident management for rescues from vehicles in water 81
Glass management 82
Personal equipment for rescues from vehicles in water 83
Medical and decontamination considerations for rescues from vehicles in water
84
Considerations for night/poor visibility operations 17
Communications 22
Anchors - vehicle and bank 85
Vehicle stabilization 86
Victim extrication 87
Shallow water techniques for rescues from vehicles in water 88
True rescues in moving water - tethered 38
Pendulum extrication 89
Tensioned diagonals for rescues from vehicles in water 90
Tethered boat techniques for rescues from vehicles in water 91
Single bank extended platform 92
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Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER)The Rope Access for Emergency Responders course is aimed at members of technical rope rescue teams who
want to become proficient in rope access techniques. This course is specifically aimed at emergency services and not for industrial technical rope rescue.
Contact hours
18 hours
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Safe Work at Heights (SWAH)• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER)
Recerted by• Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)• Wind Turbine Access for Emergency Responders (WTAFER)• Wind Turbine Operator (WTO)• Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR)
Taught by
• Rope Access for Emergency Responders Instructor (RAFERI)• Rope Rescue Operator Instructor (RROI)• Rope Rescue Technician Instructor (RRTI)• Rope Rescue Specialist Instructor (RRSI)• Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT)
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Skill / Knowledge Standard Date Student Initials
Instructor Initials
Rescue 3 Philosophy 1
Training Standards 2
Medical considerations 3
Personal equipment 4
Technical Equipment 5
Pre-planning 6
Risk assessments 7
Incident size-up 8.2 - 8.3, 8.5 - 8.7
Incident Management & Site Control 9.1 - 9.3
Loads and forces 10.1 - 10.3
System safety checks 11
Communications 12
Knots 13
Anchor systems 14.1 - 14.4
Rope Protection 15
Work restraint 16
Fall arrest 17
Connecting a casualty on a line using a telescopic
pole
20
Lifting and lowering a casualty using a preinstalled
device
21.1 - 20.2
Mechanical advantage 24
Casualty care and packaging 23.1 - 23.2
Personal ascending and descending 25
Passing obstructions while ascending/descending 26
Individual pick-offs 27
Rope transfers/changeovers 28
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Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)The Rope Rescue Operator (RRO) course introduces the knowledge and skills required by personnel to operate safely and effectively during rope rescues and be an active part of a rope rescue team working under the supervision of Rope Rescue Technicians.
Contact hours
30 hours
Prerequisites
• Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Safe Work at Heights (SWAH)• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)
Recertified By• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)• Wind Turbine Operator (WTO)• Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR)
Taught by
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Skill / Knowledge Standard Date Student Initials
Instructor Initials
Rescue 3 Philosophy 1
Training Standards 2
Medical considerations 3
Personal equipment 4
Technical Equipment 5
Pre-planning 6
Risk assessments 7
Incident size-up 8.2 - 8.3, 8.5 - 8.7
Incident Management & Site Control 9.1 - 9.3, 9.8
Loads and forces 10.1 - 10.7,
10.9, 10.10
System safety checks 11
Communications 12
Knots 13
Anchor systems 14.1 - 14.4
Rope Protection 15
Work restraint 16
Fall arrest 17
Lead climbing with lanyards 19
Connecting a casualty on a line using a telescopic
pole
20
Lifting and lowering a casualty using a preinstalled
device
21
Mechanical advantage 24
Casualty care and packaging 23.1 - 23.2
Personal ascending and descending 25
Individual pick-offs 27
Climbing over a 90 degree edge 29
Team based pick-off 30
Litter management - low angle 31
Team-based raising and lowering systems 32
Introduction to Litter management - high angle 33
Artifi cial high directions 39
Tagline offsets 34
Steep Angle Considerations 35
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Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)The Rope Rescue Technician (RRT) course covers concepts and techniques to enable small teams to undertake technical rope rescues. A building block approach is used throughout the course so that candidates can
progress from key concepts through to the rigging and operation of full systems for raising, lowering and highline rescues.
Contact hours
30 hours
Prerequisites
• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Safe Work at Heights (SWAH)• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)
Recertified By• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)• Wind Turbine Operator (WTO)• Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR)
Taught by
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Skill / Knowledge Standard Date Student Initials
Instructor Initials
Rescue 3 Philosophy 1
Training Standards 2
Medical considerations 3
Personal equipment 4
Technical Equipment 5
Pre-planning 6
Risk assessments 7
Incident size-up 8.2 - 8.3, 8.5 - 8.7
Incident Management & Site Control 9.1 - 9.3, 9.5 - 9.8
Loads and forces 10.1 - 10.7,
10.9, 10.11
System safety checks 11
Communications 12
Knots 13
Anchor systems 14.1 - 14.4
Rope Protection 15
Work restraint 16
Fall arrest 17.1
Mechanical advantage 24
Casualty care and packaging 23
Rope transfers/changeovers 28
Team based pick-off 30
Litter management - high angle 33.2
Mirrored team-based raising and lowering
systems
36
Horizontal litter edge transition without
attendant and without high directional
37
Vertical litter edge transition without attendant
and without high directional
38
Artifi cial high directions 39.1 - 39.3
Offsets - track/guideline, skateblock, defl ection 40
Passing knots through a system 41
Introduction to highline systems 42
Scenarios 43
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Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)The Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS) course is for rope rescue team members who already have completed a comprehensive basic training and want to continue to specialize. This training continues where the Rope Rescue Technician (RRT) course finishes. The RRS course examines advanced technical solutions. It elaborates on the use of multi-pods, monopod and A-frames, various configurations of steep, diagonal and horizontal spans, the use of multiple track lines in highline operations, industrial lead climbing, loads and forces, incident management and scenario training. This training is consistent with NFPA 1670 and 1006 standards for technician level.
Contact hours
30 hours
Prerequisites
• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Safe Work at Heights (SWAH)• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)• Wind Turbine Operator (WTO)• Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR)
Recertified By• Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)
Taught by
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Skill / Knowledge Standard Date Student Initials
Instructor Initials
Rescue 3 Philosophy 1
Incident Management & Site Control 9.5, 9.7 - 9.11
Horizontal litter edge transition without
attendant and without high directional
37
Vertical litter edge transition without attendant
and without high directional
38
Artifi cial high directions 39.4 - 39.5
Force calculations, advanced systems analysis 44
Complex rescue scenarios 45
Advanced knots and anchor point variations 46
Releasable jigger anchors 47
Lead climbing with a shepherd’s hook 48
Lead climbing with self-placed intermediate
anchors
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Aid climbing 50
Installing artifi cial anchors 51
First-man-up systems 52
Two rope offsets 53
Highline rope system - Kootenay highline 54
Highline rope system - English reeve 55
Highline rope system - Norwegian reeve 56
Multiple track lines in a highline system 57
Night scenarios 58
Rope rescue special problems 59
Job risk analysis 60
Developing standard operational procedures 61
Developing and pre-planning rescue plans 62
Size-up and hazard analysis of an incident 63
Team briefi ng using a briefi ng model 64
Supervising and guiding an operational team 65
Communicating with other emergency services 66
Performing a debriefi ng with a team 67
Use of incident report forms 68
Scenarios 43
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Safe Work at Heights (SWAH) The Safe Work at Heights course provides insight into the dangers that workers face when working at height. Often, workers are faced with working at height during their jobs. Employment regulations clearly state that this must be done safely. During this course, students will learn how to properly use a variety of fall arrest
resources, such as harnesses, lines, lanyards and industrial fall arresters. The course covers, in detail, how
these resources should be used in lifts, ladder trucks, and with a roof set, as used by fire services.
Contact hours
4 hours
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Safe Work at Heights (SWAH)
Recerted by• Safe Work at Heights (SWAH)• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)• Wind Turbine Operator (WTO)• Wind Turbine Access for Emergency Responders (WTAFER)• Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR)
Taught by
• Safe Work at Heights Tutor (SWAHT)• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights Instructor (CWRHI)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders Instructor (RAFERI)• Rope Rescue Operator Instructor (RROI)• Rope Rescue Technician Instructor (RRTI)• Rope Rescue Specialist Instructor (RRSI)• Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT)
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Skill / Knowledge Standard Date Student Initials
Instructor Initials
Rescue 3 Philosophy 1
Training Standards 2
Medical considerations 3
Personal equipment 4
Technical Equipment 5
Pre-planning 6
Risk assessments 7
Incident size-up 8.1 - 8.3
Incident Management & Site Control 9.1 - 9.4
Loads and forces 10.1 - 10.3
System safety checks 11
Communications 12
Knots 13
Anchor systems 14
Rope Protection 15
Work restraint 16
Fall arrest 17
Emergency descending 18
Lead climbing with lanyards 19
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Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS)The Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS) course provides insight into the dangers that workers face when working in confined spaces and the current legislation in this area. Often, workers are faced with working in confined spaces during their jobs. Employment regulations clearly state that this must be done safely.
Contact hours
3.5 hours
Prerequisites
Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS)
Recertified By• Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS)• Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER)• Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)• Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT)• Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS)
Taught by
• Safe Work in Confined Space Instructor (SWCSI)• Confined Space Entry and Rescue Instructor (CSERI)• Confined Space Rescue Operator Instructor (CSROI)• Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor (CSRTI)• Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI)• Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT)
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Safe Working in Confi ned Spaces (SWCS)
Skill / Knowledge Standard Date Student Initials
Instructor Initials
Rescue 3 Philosophy 1.1, 1.2
Confi ned Space defi nitions and hazards 2
Legislation and Standards 3
Confi ned space hazards and risk assessment 4.1-4.3, 4.5-4.6
Personal Safety 5
Introduction to Air monitoring 6.1, 6.2, 6.4,
Lock-out, tag-out 7.1, 7.2
Safe systems of work and permits to work 13
Last-minute risk analysis and system safety check 15
On-scene safety briefi ng and site control 16.1- 16.4
Size-up, pre-planning and ICS 17.5, 17.7
Personal and Team Equipment 18.1, 18.3, 18.4, 18.6,
18.8, 18.9
Equipment care and maintenance 19
Entry procedures/entrant/safety attendant/entry
supervisor
20
Escape sets 21
Communications and Verbal Commands 22.2, 22.3, 22.5, 22.6
Use of a 4 gas diffuse meter 24
Confi ned space ventilation 26
Introduction to technical gear and entry systems 27
Knots 28.1, 28.3
Anchor Systems 29.1, 29.3, 29.5, 29.6,
29.8
Standard tripod confi gurations and mechanical hoisting
33
Work restraint 34
Vertical confi ned space entry with ladder and fall arrest block
35
Vertical confi ned space entry with ladder and fall arrest block
37.6
Emergency procedures 55
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Safe Work Near Water (SWNW)A classroom-based course, that looks at the hazards and risk associated with inland (lakes, canals, rivers) and coastal water. It looks at basic control measures and safe working practices that can be introduced, including types of PPE and their use. The SWNW course is designed for industry, civil engineering, and
other workers near water. The comparable course for those supporting rescue teams is Water and Flood Awareness (AWR).
Contact hours
4 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Safe Work Near Water (SWNW)
Recerted by• Safe Work Near Water (SWNW)• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB)• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic and Moving (CWRWBM)
Taught by
• Water and Flood Awareness Tutor (AWRT)• Basic Water First Responder Instructor (BWFRI)• Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor (OPSI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
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Date Student Signature Instructor Signature
Knowledge
Rescue 3 philosophy 1
Training standards 2
Hydrology and water hazards 4
Personal equipment 7.1, 7.4
Rescue Equipment Considerations 8
Pre-planning 10
Risk assessments 11
Incident size-up (non-emergency services) 13.1, 13.2
Site control (non-emergency services) 15
Medical and decontamination considerations16.1, 16.3,
16.4
Considerations for night/poor visibility operations 17
Mud, ice and unstable surface considerations 18.1
Communications 22
Accidental immersion considerations 26
Practical skills
Receiving a throwbag (dry land) 31.4
Optional:
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Searching Rivers and Floods (SRF)This four day course examines the initial first response actions to be undertaken, progressing through to extended searching activities, and concludes with search suspension considerations.
It is specifically designed for agencies responding to water based searches but will also give the student a wider insight into the overall search management process. There is an emphasis on the development of in-water
techniques appropriate to the flooded urban environment and river corridor searches. Particular emphasis is placed upon the use of mapping and GPS technology to interpret and manage the search area so that resources
can be deployed appropriately. Safety considerations and dynamic risk assessment are emphasized throughout the class.
Contact Hours
32 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Searching Rivers and Floods (SRF)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Recerted by• Searching Rivers and Floods (SRF)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
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SKILL/KNOWLEDGE RS/RKDate
Performed/Observed
Student
InitialsInstructor
Initials
Lecture Knowledge
1. N.F.P.A. Standards RK
2. Rescue 3 Philosophy RK
3. Search Team Safety RK
4. General Hazards RK
5. Search Theory RK
6. Lost Person Behaviour RK
7. Incident Management & Command Structure RK
8. Search Asset Capabilities RK
9. Suspending the Search RK
Management Skills
10. Reflex Tasking RS
11. Informant Interviewing RS
12. Search Team Briefing RS
13. Search Team Briefing RS
14. POA Proportional Consensus Allocation RS
15. Coverage & POD Determination RS
16. Resource Allocation RS
Field Skills
17. Navigation RK
18. Orientation with conventional maps RS
19. Electronic mapping RS
20. GPS Tracking RS
21. Average Mean Detection Range (ADMR) Determination RS
22. Clue Awareness RK
23. Hasty Searching RK
24. Searching in Water RS
25. Searching Water Margins RS
26. Flooded Urban Searching Considerations RS
27. Scenarios: RK
28. Optional:
29. Optional:
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Surface Ice Awareness (SIRA)This 4-hour classroom session provides an introduction to the due diligence and risk management requirements associated with supervising personnel who work on surface ice including frozen lakes, ponds, and rivers. The
course identifies hazards associated with surface ice and introduces the safe work procedures and equipment that can be used to reduce the risk. The curriculum is geared to the needs of field personnel who work alone or in pairs with limited equipment.
Contact Hours
4 hours
PrerequisitesNone
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Surface Ice Awareness (SIRA)
Recerted by• Surface Ice Awareness (SIRA)• Surface Ice Field Safety (SIFS)• Surface Ice Rescue Technician (SIRT)• Surface Ice Rescue Specialist (SIRS)
Taught by
• Surface Ice Rescue Technician Instructor (SIRTI)• Surface Ice Rescue Specialist Instructor (SIRSI)• Surface Ice Rescue Instructor Trainer (SIRT-IT)
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Standard Date Student Signature Instructor Signature
Knowledge dd/mm/yyyy
Rescue 3 Philosophy of Rescue 1
Training Standards 2
Best Practi ce Guidelines for Ice Rescue Operati ons 3
Risk Management and Rescuer Safety 4
Ice Properti es, Formati on and Types 5
Ice Hazards 6
Basic Swift water Hydrology 7
Personal Protecti ve Equipment 8
Technical and Team Equipment 9
Management and Preplanning 10
ICS and Site Control 12
Communicati ons 13
Medical Considerati ons 14
Other
Knots, Bends and Hitches 15
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Surface Ice Field Safety (SIFS)This course is comprehensive training for those who work or travel on ice over lakes, ponds, and reservoirs,
or rivers that are completely frozen over. The curriculum includes the formation of ice and the factors that influence its decay, how to determine ice thickness, the identification of hazards, travelling on ice, self rescue and a range of options for the rescue of others - including single rescuer techniques for field personnel that work in pairs. The curriculum also includes the medical complications posed by cold water immersion and hypothermia, and the significant implications for rescue and transport.
Contact Hours
16 hours
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18 years
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Surface Ice Awareness (SIRA)• Surface Ice Field Safety (SIFS)
Recerted by• Surface Ice Field Safety (SIFS)
Taught by
• Surface Ice Rescue Technician Instructor (SIRTI)• Surface Ice Rescue Specialist Instructor (SIRSI)• Surface Ice Rescue Instructor Trainer (SIRT-IT)
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Standard Date Student Signature Instructor Signature
Knowledge dd/mm/yyyy
Rescue 3 Philosophy of Rescue 1
Training Standards 2
Best Practi ce Guidelines for Ice Rescue Operati ons 3
Risk Management and Rescuer Safety 4
Ice Properti es, Formati on and Types 5
Ice Hazards 6
Basic Swift water Hydrology 7
Personal Protecti ve Equipment 8
Technical and Team Equipment 9
Management and Preplanning 10
Incident Size up 11
ICS and Site Control 12
Communicati ons 13
Medical Considerati ons 14
Practi cal Skills
Knots, Bends and Hitches 15
Anchorage Opti ons and Techniques 16
Tensioning Systems and Mechanical Advantage 17
Ice Testi ng Procedures 18
Walking on Ice 19
Self Rescue Techniques 20
Conditi onal Rescues 21
True Rescues (Contact Rescue) 22
Co-Worker Rescue (one person rescue techniques) 34
Rope Assisted Self Rescue/Belay techniques 35
Rescue Scenario
Opti onal Skills
Rescue Craft 23
Equipment Recovery Strategies 36
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Surface Ice Rescue Specialist (SIRS)For personnel who operate on frozen, large volume rivers with open leads.
This course typically runs 3 days and covers all of the skills taught in Surface Ice Rescue Technician (SIRT), as well as addressing the substantially higher-risk environment encountered when working on large volume rivers with open leads. Also covered are size up, risk analysis, and hazard mitigation, PPE considerations, self-rescue techniques, and throw bagging. Scenario-based training using both standard and improvised ice rescue equipment will be carried out.
This course can also be taught as a 1 day upgrade for students who have already completed the Surface Ice
Rescue Technician (SIRT) course.
Contact Hours
• 24 hours• Upgrade from SIRT - 8 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18• Competent swimmer
• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• 1 day upgrade course only - Surface Ice Rescue Technician (SIRT)
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Surface Ice Awareness (SIRA)• Surface Ice Rescue Technician (SIRT)• Surface Ice Rescue Specialist (SIRS)
Recerted by• Surface Ice Rescue Specialist (SIRS)
Taught by
• Surface Ice Rescue Specialist Instructor (SIRSI)• Surface Ice Rescue Instructor Trainer (SIRT-IT)
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Standard Date Student Signature Instructor Signature
Knowledge dd/mm/yyyy
Rescue 3 Philosophy of Rescue 1
Training Standards 2
Best Practi ce Guidelines for Ice Rescue Operati ons 3
Risk Management and Rescuer Safety 4
Ice Properti es, Formati on and Types 5
Ice Hazards 6
Basic Swift water Hydrology 7
Personal Protecti ve Equipment 8
Technical and Team Equipment 9
Incident Size up 11
ICS and Site Control 12
Communicati ons 13
Practi cal Skills
Knots, Bends and Hitches 15
Anchorage Opti ons and Techniques 16
Tensioning Systems and Mechanical Advantage 17
Walking on Ice 19
Dynamic Ice Swimming and Self Rescue Techniques 27
Dynamic Ice Conditi onal Rescue Considerati ons 28
Dynamic Ice True Rescue Considerati ons 29
Dynamic Off Mantle Rescue Techniques - Rescuer Based 31
Dynamic Ice Mantle-Based Craft Rescue Considerati ons 30
Dynamic Off Mantle Rescue Techniques - Craft Based 32
Containment Strategies for Dynamic Ice 33
Rescue Scenario
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Surface Ice Rescue Technician (SIRT)Because there is no such thing as “safe ice”, Rescue 3’s Surface Ice Rescue Technician course teaches you how to operate as safely as possible in this high-risk environment. This course is especially valuable for those who
work on frozen lakes and rivers, or for emergency service personnel who may be called on to respond to an
incident where someone has fallen through the ice.
During the course, students will learn the unique properties and problems associated with working around and on ice, as well as self rescue techniques, rescuer safety, preplanning for and size-up of ice rescue incidents, and victim rescue. Students are taught how to determine ice strength, as well as the most common dangers associated with ice. Students learn to recognize and deal with cold stress and hypothermia, as well as
participating in self-rescue drills and practicing rescuing others using various techniques.
Contact Hours
16 hours
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18 years
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Surface Ice Awareness (SIRA)• Surface Ice Rescue Technician (SIRT)
Recerted by• Surface Ice Rescue Technician (SIRT)• Surface Ice Rescue Specialist (SIRS)
Taught by
• Surface Ice Rescue Technician Instructor (SIRTI)• Surface Ice Rescue Specialist Instructor (SIRSI)• Surface Ice Rescue Instructor Trainer (SIRT-IT)
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Standard Date Student Signature Instructor Signature
Knowledge dd/mm/yyyy
Rescue 3 Philosophy of Rescue 1
Training Standards 2
Best Practi ce Guidelines for Ice Rescue Operati ons 3
Risk Management and Rescuer Safety 4
Ice Properti es, Formati on and Types 5
Ice Hazards 6
Basic Swift water Hydrology 7
Personal Protecti ve Equipment 8
Technical and Team Equipment 9
Management and Preplanning 10
Incident Size up 11
ICS and Site Control 12
Communicati ons 13
Medical Considerati ons 14
Practi cal Skills
Knots, Bends and Hitches 15
Anchorage Opti ons and Techniques 16
Tensioning Systems and Mechanical Advantage 17
Ice Testi ng Procedures 18
Walking on Ice 19
Self Rescue Techniques 20
Conditi onal Rescues 21
True Rescues (Contact Rescue) 22
Rescue Craft 23
Animal Rescue Considerati ons 24
Rescue Scenario
Opti onal Skills
Infl ated Fire Hose (Opti onal) 25
Ladder Rescue Techniques (Opti onal) 26
Co-Worker Rescue (one person rescue techniques) 34
Rope Assisted Self Rescue/Belay techniques 35
Equipment Recovery Strategies 36
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Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA)This course builds on the skills learned in the Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT), taking the students beyond the emphasis on self-rescue to concentrate on victim rescue. Students are exposed to more complex water rescue situations including a mock night river rescue scenario. The three day course includes 4-6 hours of classroom instruction, followed by two and one-half days of hands-on skill development.
Students are introduced to the role and utilization of various skills in river and flood rescue, including• rope systems
• management of litter & patient raising systems• highline systems
• advanced river search concepts
• performing rescues at night or in low visibility
• and basic flood disaster management.
Contact hours
24 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO) or Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)1
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Recerted by• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)
Taught by
• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
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office for more information about what equivalents are accepted in your area. Please note: not all regions allow equivalent courses. Also, students who attend with equivalent certifications but do have have sufficient knowledge to complete course requirements may not receive certification.
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Knowledge
Rescue 3 philosophy 1
Training standards 2
Dynamic risk assessment and incident size-up 50
Advanced Incident Management and Site Control 51
Advanced Hydrology 52
Weir (low-head dam) assessment and pre-planning 53
Aqueduct hazards and techniques 54
Advanced water rescue techniques
Advanced swiftwater swimming techniques 57
Advanced conditional rescues - talk, reach, throw 58
Advanced true rescues - tethered 59
Advanced entrapment techniques 60
Rescue platforms, sleds and boards 48
Ropes in a water environment
Technical Rope Rescue Review 56
Line crossing methods 36
Highline rope systems or complicated technical rope evolution
61
Tethered boats in high energy water 62
Stretcher Management
Boat based litter management 63
In-water litter management 64
Boat Handling
Introduction to paddle boat handling 39
Boat unwrapping 40
Flips and rights 41
Crew recovery 67
Victim recovery 68
Search
Introduction to search management 55
Search exercise 65
Night/poor visibility operations
Considerations for night/poor visibility operations 17
Night/poor visibility operation 66
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Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)This comprehensive introduction course trains students to the Awareness Level and provides the information necessary for those individuals who may respond to a water or flood emergency, or who will support trained rescues from the shore, air, or from afar. Students will learn proper protocol and
techniques, as well as dangers to avoid and how not to become victims themselves.
This self-paced course features exciting information-packed-videos that allow students to immerse themselves in the world of water and flood rescue. During the course, students have the ability to fully learn the material by:
• Start and stop videos
• Downloading material
• Rewatch and review curriculum as many times as necessary• Receive immediate feedback through online practice quizzes.
Once students have a firm grasp of the material, they take the final exam and, upon successful completion, receive their certification.
Contact hours
8 hours
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)
Recerted by• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)
Taught by
• Online - Register at http://rescue3.earthexperience.com/product/awr/
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Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Boat Operator (SFRBO)The Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Boat Operator program combines all of the skills learned in the Flood Rescue Boat Operator (FRBO) and Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator (SRBO) courses. Students will learn to handle boats in both flat and moving water (Class III), as well as how to perform rescues safely and effectively in both environments.
Contact hours
40 hours
Prerequisites• Must be a confident swimmer• Minimum age: 18.• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Flood Rescue Boat Operator (FRBO)• Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator (SRBO)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Boat Operator (SFRBO)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Recerted by• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Boat Operator (SFRBO)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
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SKILL/KNOWLEDGE Date
Performed/Observed
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Instructor
Initials
1. Operational Risk Assessment Lecture
2. Crew Positions and Responsibilities Lecture
3. Boat Handling Theory Lecture
4. Navigation Rules Lecture
5. Swiftwater Dynamics – Class I to III Lecture
6. FEMA/NIMS and Team Types Lecture
7. Inter-Agency Operations and Large Scale Incidents Lecture
8. Search Techniques Lecture
9. Night Operation Organization and Safety Lecture
10. Daily, Pre-Trip and Post-Trip Check Procedures
11. Boat Rigging
12. Station Holding – Class I
13. Station Holding – Class III
14. Mid-Stream Object Touches – Class I
15. Mid-Stream Object Touches – Class III
16. Fast-Water Landings
17. Motor Failure Procedures
18. Flat Water Close Quarter Maneuver – Class I
19. Upstream Close Quarter Maneuver – Class III
20. Downstream Close Quarter Maneuver – Class III
21. Flat Water On-Plane Maneuver – Class I
22. Upstream On-Plane Maneuver – Class III
23. Downstream On-Plane Maneuver – Class III
24. Person in Water Recovery – Class I
25. Person in Water Recovery – Class III
26. Rescue Swimmer Deployment – Class I
27. Rescue Swimmer Deployment – Class III
28. Capsize Recovery – Class I
29. Capsize Recovery – Class III
30. Towing
31. Search Scenario – Daylight
32. Night Operation
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Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)The SRT course provides rescuers with the fundamentals of survival in moving water and is recommended
for anyone who may be called upon to effect in-water rescues. Students gain knowledge in hydrology and river classifications, size-up, site control and scene management. Practical skills include self-rescue, swiftwater swimming and the fundamentals of shore, boat and in-water rescues. Additionally students are introduced to the basics of boat handling and the fundamentals of rope rescue including mechanical
advantage and anchor systems.
Contact hours
24 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18• Confident Swimmer
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Awareness Online (AWRO)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)
Recerted by• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)
Taught by
• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
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Knowledge
Rescue 3 philosophy 1
Training standards 2
Best Practice Guidelines 3
Hydrology and water hazards 4
Floodwater dynamics and hazards 5
Flood theory 6
Personal equipment 7
Technical and team equipment 9
Pre-planning 10
Risk assessments 11
Incident size-up 12
Incident management and site control 14
Medical and decontamination considerations 16
Considerations for night/poor visibility operations 17
Introduction to searching rivers and fl oods 19
Search considerations 20
Helicopter familiarization 21
Communications 22
Weir (low head dam) rescue considerations 23
Introduction to rescues from vehicles in water 24
Animal rescue considerations 25
Mud, ice and unstable surface considerations (optional) 18
Water Skills
Swiftwater swimming techniques 29
Strainer swim 30
Conditional rescues - talk, reach, throw 31
Shallow water techniques 32
Tethered boat techniques 33
Infl ated fi re hose (if used by agency) 34
Tensioned diagonals 35
Line crossing methods 36
True rescues in moving water - tethered 38
Introduction to paddle boat handling (if used by agency) 39
Boat unwrapping (if used by agency) 40
Flips and rights (if used by agency) 41
People and equipment entrapments 42
Victim management 43
Knots and anchor systems 44
Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage 45
Belay systems 46
Scenarios 47
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Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling (SPBH)The Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling (SPBH) course is designed for Rescue 3 Swiftwater Rescue Technicians (SRTs), who wish to improve and expand on their paddle boat handling ability. It follows on from the basic boat handling section in the SRT class and covers in more depth, swiftwater boat handling and rescue scenarios using the paddle boat as a rescue craft.
It is a supporting course to assist trained swiftwater rescuers, rather than a qualification to be used by professional river users. Shortly and sweetly, it’s not a raft guide qualification. The Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling course is designed as a paddle boat handling course only, and does not cover use of powered craft. However, it may be used to support Rescue 3 powerboat courses.
Contact hours
12 hours
Prerequisites• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling (SPBH)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Recerted by• Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling (SPBH)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
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Skill/knowledge Date Student signature Instructor signature
Lecture knowledge
1. Rescue 3 philosophy
2. Water rescue training standards
3. Personal equipment
4. Dynamic risk assessment and incident size-up
5. Pre-planning
6. Medical and decontamination considerations
7. Route planning
8. Communications
9. Crew operational roles
10. Multiple boat operations
11. Swiftwater dynamics and hazards
12. Boat and hull types
13. Rescue boat equipment
14. Pre- and post-trip checks
15. Considerations for night/poor visibility operations
Rescue boat operations
16. Launching and recovery
17. Boat handling with paddles
18. Securing
19. Flips and rights
20. Team/personal recovery
21. Casualty pick-up and recovery
22. Casualty management
23. Boat-based conditional rescues
24. Boat wraps
25. Hydraulics and weir considerations
Other
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Swiftwater Recovery Specialist (SRS)With a curriculum designed by international experts, this one day course is specially-designed for those already certified to the Swiftwater Rescue Technician level (current certification required). It explores the complexities and techniques of body recovery from shallow depth swiftwater environments.
This advanced course was developed based on input from subject experts around the globe. This course is the only one of its kind, and has received international attention based on its comprehensive and thoughtful approach to the subject matter.
Contact Hours
16 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Swiftwater Recovery Specialist (SRS)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Recerted by• Swiftwater Recovery Specialist (SRS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Taught by
• Swiftwater Recovery Specialist Instructor (SRSI)• Swiftwater Recovery Specialist Instructor Trainer (SRS-IT)
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Optional skills (OS) and knowledge (OK) are not mandatory for certification.
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SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE Date Student
Initials
Instructor
Initials
1. RK Determining mode (Rescue vs. Recovery)
2. RK Local legal authority and roles
3. RK Disaster victim identification
4. RK Recovery management
5. RK Absolutes of body recovery
6. RK Decomposition factors
7. RK Infectious disease control and personal safety
8. RK Psychological considerations
9. RK Management of family and media
10. RK Recording and presenting evidence for law enforcement
11. RK Body recovery equipment, techniques and case studies
12. RK Recovery methods from highline
13. RS Recovery methods using advanced throw bag techniques
14. RS Recovery methods from boat or board
15. RS Specialist equipment: Mr. Flexi, Captain Hook
16. RK SRS/SRM written exam
17. OS Other specialist equipment: (specify)
18. OS Recovery methods from vehicles
19. OS Recovery exercise – Grade 2-3 (SRT1 only)
20. OS Recovery exercise – Grade 3-5 (SRTA only)
21. Additional Skills:
Remarks:____________________________________________________________________________________
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Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator (SRBO)This course is designed to introduce students to boat operation on swiftwater. During the course students gain experience reading moving water and operating boats in current. Using both a motor and paddles, students will practice such skills as use and avoidance of hydraulics, ferrying across current, and obstacle navigation will be practiced in Class I and II whitewater. Students then progress to operating both up and down stream in class III and above whitewater. Other exercises include night operation scenarios and multiple boat operations.
Contact hours
24 hours
Prerequisites• Flood Rescue Boat Operator (FRBO) or • Prior boat experience and Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Minimum age: 18
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Flood Rescue Boat Operator (FRBO)• Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator (SRBO)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Recerted by• Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator (SRBO)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Boat Operator (SFRBO)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
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• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Boat Operator Instructor (SFRBOI)• Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator Instructor Trainer (SRBO-IT)
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SKILL/KNOWLEDGEDate
Performed/Observed
Student
InitialsInstructor
Initials
1. Rescuer safety, training & equipment Lecture
2. Swiftwater dynamics Lecture
3. Boats - handling & types Lecture
4. Applicable Coast Guard & local laws/statutes Lecture
5. Maintenance: hull & engine, repair kits Lecture
6. Daily, pre-trip and post-trip check procedures Lecture
7. Victim management Lecture
8. Boat rigging & trailering Lecture
9. On-scene safety orientation Lecture
10. Night ops organization & safety Lecture
11. Static: Crew operational duties Lecture
12. Static: Operational familiarization with equipment
13. Static: Basic paddle boat handling
14. Static: Flips & rights
15. Static: Crew-person overboard recovery
16. Static: Maneuvers around objects/course
17. Static: Victim pick-up
18. Static: Towing – stranded vessel
19. Dynamic: Boat maneuvers, Class 1 water
20. Dynamic: Flips & rights
21. Dynamic: Basic paddle boat handling
22. Dynamic: Crew-person overboard recovery
23. Dynamic: Maneuvers around objects/course
24. Dynamic: Boat maneuvers, Class 2 water
25. Dynamic: Boat maneuvers, Class 3 water
26. Dynamic: Victim pick-up
27. Dynamic: Boat based "live bait" rescue
28. Dynamic: Towing - stranded vessel
29. Dynamic: Rescue problem
30. Night ops problem
31. Other:
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Technical Animal Rescue in Swiftwater (TAR)This course teaches students how to rescue animals without becoming victims. Subjects covered include rescuer safety, animal behavior in rescues, basic first-aid for animals, and how to extricate and safely transport animals in a flood or low angle environment.
Contact Hours
24 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Technical Animal Rescue in Swiftwater (TAR)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Recerted by• Technical Animal Rescue in Swiftwater (TAR)• Water Specialty Course group (see Water specialty course recertification (pg 8))
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• Technical Animal Rescue from Swiftwater Instructor (TARI)• Technical Animal Rescue from Swiftwater Instructor Trainer (TAR-IT)
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SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE DateStudentInitials
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1. RK NFPA Standards
2. RK Size-up, management, and preplanning
3. RK Absolutes
4. RK Philosophy of animal rescue
5. RK Communications
6. RK Rescuer safety, training & equipment
7. RK Swiftwater hydrology
8. RK Panic and survival
9. RK Introduction to ropes, knots, technical gear
10. RK Animals behavior: pets & livestock
11. RK Animal behavior in rescues
12. RK The animal rescue environment--swiftwater, structures, cars
13. RK Body language with animals
14. RK Swimming an animal
15. RK Leading horses
16. RK Dealing with wild animals
17. RK Introduction to specialized animal rescue equipment
18. RK Basic animal medical considerations
19. RK Chemical capture
20. RK Euthanasia in the field
21. RK On-scene safety orientation
22. RS Swimming ferry backstroke
23. RS Swimming ferry crawl upstream
24. RS Eddy catching
25. RS Throwbags & coils
26. RS Shallow water crossings
27. RS Contact rescues
28. RK Introduction to powered boat operations
29. RS Basic paddle boat handling
30. RS Anchors
31. RS Tensioning systems
32. RS Using a catchpole
33. RS Using a pole net
34. RS Using graspers
35. RS Lifting dogs
36. RS Scruffing cats
37. RS Basic low-angle lowering and raising systems
38. RS Personal, victim, and animal basic harnessing
39. Additional Skills:
Remarks: ______________________________________________________________________________________
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Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL)This 3-day course provides students with the fundamentals of rope rescue in the low-angle environment.
Students learn and practice skills preplanning and size-up of rope rescue operations, knots, anchor systems, belay operations, ascending and descending lines, mechanical advantage systems, patient packaging & litter attending. Students learn how to safely navigate low-angle or over-the-bank rescue situations and assist rescuers in high-angle environments.
Contact hours
24 hours
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• First Due Low Angle (FDLA)• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL)
Recerted by• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL)• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)
Taught by
• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level Instructor (TRROLI)• Instructor: Rope (InsR)• Instructor Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsR-IT)
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Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL)SKILL/KNOWLEDGE Reference Number(s):
NFPA 1670NFPA 1006
(version ‘03)Date Student
InitialsInstructor
Initials
1. N.F.P.A. standard RK 1-1.1; 1-1.2 1.1; 1.2
2. Rescue instruction philosophy & “Absolutes” RK
3. Rescuersafety RK 2-1.3; 2-5 1.3.1; 4.1
4. Personal & team equipment RK 2-4.1.2; 2-4.2.2; 2-5.1.2; 4.3.2 (b) 5.4.1; 5.4.2
5. Equipment care and maintenance RK 4-3.2 (i) 5.4.1; 5.4.2
6. Pre-incident plan RK 4-2.2 (b) 5.2.1
7. Size-up RK 4-2.2 (a) 5.2.2
8. General hazards RK 2-5.1.1 & 4-2.2 (e)
9. Incident management system RK 2-5.3.1 thru 2-5.3.4 5.2.4
10. On-scene safety briefing & site control RK 2-5.2.1; 2-5.2.2; 4-2.2 (d) 5.2.3
11. Introduction to ropes, knots and technical gear RK 4-3.2 (f) & (i)
12. Knots RK 4-3.2 (f) 5.5.1
a. Figure 8 stopper RS
b. Figure 8 Follow –through RS
c. Figure 8 on a bight RS
d. Butterfly RS
e. Other RS
13. Bends RK 4-3.2 (f) 5.5.1
a. Overhand bend (ring bend, water knot) RS
b. Double overhand bend (barrel knot, double fisherman’s)
RS
c. Square bend (square knot) RS
14. Hitches RK 4-3.2 (f) 5.5.1
a. Munter RS
b. Prusik RS
c. Clove RS
d. Kleinheist RS
e. Double half RS
15. Tied harnesses RK 5.3.5
a. Hanson RS
b. Swiss seat RS
16. Anchorage RK 4-3.2 (c) 5.5
a. Dynamics of inside angles RK
b. Full strength tie-off RS
c. Single point RK 5.5.2
i. 3 Bight or basket hitch (multi-wrap basket) RS
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Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)This 40 hour course is designed to take students from basic over-the-bank rescues to progressively more
vertical scenarios. Students learn and practice such skills as preplanning, size-up and scene management, ascending and descending, belaying, mechanical advantage systems, lowering and raising systems, patient packaging and litter attending, tethers, and highlines. Completion of the TRR:TL class satisfies the requirements in NFPA 1670 for Technical Rope Technician level training. In addition, Technician level training is mandatory for inclusion on many Federal Emergency Management Agency Teams at different levels.
Contact hours
40 hours
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• First Due Low Angle (FDLA)• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL)• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Rope specialty course (see Rope specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Recerted by• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Rope (PQR)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)• Rope specialty course (see Rope specialty course recertification (pg 8))
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• Instructor: Rope (InsR)• Instructor Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsR-IT)
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SKILL/KNOWLEDGE Reference Number(s):NFPA 1670
NFPA 1006 (version ‘03)
Date Student Initials
Instructor Initials
1. N.F.P.A. standard RK 1-1.1; 1-1.2 1.1; 1.2
2. Rescue instruction philosophy & “Absolutes” RK
3. Rescuersafety RK 2-1.3; 2-5 1.3.1; 4.1
4. Personal & team equipment RK 2-4.1.2; 2-4.2.2; 2-5.1.2; 4.3.2 (b) 5.4.1; 5.4.2
5. Equipment care and maintenance RK 4-3.2 (i) 5.4.1; 5.4.2
6. Pre-incident plan RK 4-2.2 (b) 5.2.1
7. Size-up RK 4-2.2 (a) 5.2.2
8. General hazards RK 2-5.1.1 & 4-2.2 (e)
9. Incident management system RK 2-5.3.1 thru 2-5.3.4 5.2.4
10. On-scene safety briefing & site control RK 2-5.2.1; 2-5.2.2; 4-2.2 (d) 5.2.3
11. Introduction to ropes, knots and technical gear RK 4-3.2 (f) & (i)
12. Knots RK 4-3.2 (f) 5.5.1
a. Figure 8 stopper RS
b. Figure 8 Follow –through RS
c. Figure 8 on a bight RS
d. Butterfly RS
e. Other RS
13. Bends RK 4-3.2 (f) 5.5.1
a. Overhand bend (ring bend, water knot) RS
b. Double overhand bend (barrel knot, double fisherman’s)
RS
c. Square bend (square knot) RS
14. Hitches RK 4-3.2 (f) 5.5.1
a. Munter RS
b. Prusik RS
c. Clove RS
d. Kleinheist RS
e. Double half RS
15. Tied harnesses RK 5.3.5
a. Hanson RS
b. Swiss seat RS
16. Anchorage RK 4-3.2 (c) 5.5
a. Dynamics of inside angles RK
b. Full strength tie-off RS
c. Single point RK 5.5.2
i. 3 Bight or basket hitch (multi-wrap basket) RS
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Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR)This course integrates the most current technology and research on Tower Safety, Climbing, and Rescue from
throughout the world, and utilizes “discovery learning” to teach skills necessary to safely effect work in and around towers.
The course covers basic and specialized equipment, ropes and rigging, safety considerations, scene management and organizations, ascending and descending, belaying lowering and raising systems and litter management in a tower environment.
Contact hours
24 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18• Either
• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL) or
• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT) or above
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR)• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)
Recerted by• Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR)• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)
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• Tower Rescue Instructor (TWRI)• Tower Rescue Instructor Trainer (TWR-IT)
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Skill / KnowledgeLecture or
Observed/ParticipatedDate
Instructor
Initials
Student
Initials
OSHA Standards Review Lecture
Tower Types and Construction Lecture
Environmental Hazards Lecture
Structural Hazards Lecture
Energy Hazards Lecture
Lock-out Tag-out Lecture
Personal and Crew Safety Lecture
Job Safety Plan Lecture
Daily Safety Meeting Lecture
Personal Protective Equipment Lecture
Equipment Care and Maintenance Lecture
Equipment Inspection Lecture
Medical Considerations Lecture
Overview of Fall Protection Lecture
Restraint Lecture
Positioning Lecture
Fall Arrest Lecture
Suspension Lecture
Permanent Engineered Fall Protection System Lecture
Anchors and Anchor Systems Observed/Participated
Safe and Efficient Climbing Observed/Participated
100 Percent Tie-off Observed/Participated
Descending Techniques Observed/Participated
Self Rescue Observed/Participated
Two line systems Observed/Participated
Partner Rescue Observed/Participated
Pick-Off and Lower Observed/Participated
Pick-Off, Patient Lower with Rescuer Observed/Participated
Team Rescue Observed/Participated
Vector Raise Observed/Participated
Tag Line Lower Observed/Participated
Skate Block Lower Observed/Participated
Other—specify: Observed/Participated
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Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)This 8 hour classroom seminar introduces personnel to the problems associated with swiftwater & flood rescue as well as the procedures to follow in flash flood, large-scale disaster, and seasonal flooding situations. The course is designed to develop knowledge in the areas of:
• scene assessment & incident size up (of both existing & potential conditions)• resource ordering
• activation procedures for rescue response• site control and scene management
• hazard recognition & mitigation procedures
In order to accomplish the responsibilities of the awareness level responder, the course also provides students with a conceptual understanding of the principles, applications, and hazards associated with advanced water rescue techniques.
Contact hours
8 hours
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Water & Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)
Recerted by• Water & Flood Awareness (AWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Awareness Online (AWRO)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)
Taught by
• Water and Flood Awareness Tutor (AWRT)• Basic Water First Responder Instructor (BWFRI)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
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Skill/KnowledgeRescue 3 Standard
Date Student Signature Instructor Signature
Knowledge
Rescue 3 philosophy 1
Training standards 2
Best Practice Guidelines 3
Hydrology and water hazards 4
Floodwater dynamics and hazards 5
Flood theory 6
Personal equipment 7.1, 7.2
Identify equipment used by water rescue teams 9.1
Pre-planning 10
Risk assessments 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Incident size-up12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4
Incident management and site control 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
Medical and decontamination considerations 16
Considerations for night/poor visibility operations 17
Mud, ice and unstable surface considerations 18
Search Considerations 20
Communications 22
Accidental immersion considerations 26
Other
Optional:
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Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational (WRT-Rec) The Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational (WRT-Rec) course is for recreational paddlers who wish to have a rescue capability while paddling or in a whitewater environment with their peers.
16 hours
Prerequisites• Prior river experience• Must be a confident swimmer• Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Recreational River Safety (RECRS)• Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational (WRT-Rec)
Recerted by• Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational (WRT-Rec)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRTP)
Taught by
• Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational Instructor (WRTRI)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional Instructor (WRTPI)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Instructor Trainer (WRT-IT)
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Skill/Knowledge Rescue 3
Standard Date Student Signature Instructor Signature
Knowledge
Rescue 3 philosophy 1
Training standards 2River hydrology and hazards 3
Personal Equipment 4
Technical and Group Equipment 5River running considerati ons 6Assessing risk 7
Managing an incident8.1-8.5, 8.7-8.9
Medical Considerati ons 9
Night / Poor Visibility Considerati ons 10
Communicati ons 12Whitewater Swimming Techniques 13
Strainer Considerati ons 14
Conditi onal rescues - throwbags 16.1-16.4, 16.6Shallow water techniques 17Introducti on to searching rivers and fl oods 18
Knots and Anchor Systems 19
Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage 20Tethered Rescues 21Line crossing methods 22Handheld diagonal / zip lines 23Boat pins and wraps 26Victi m / Casualty Management 28Scenarios 31
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Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRTP)The Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional course is designed for professional river users who require a rescue capability in a whitewater environment, eg raft guides, safety kayakers.
Contact hours
24 hours
Prerequisites• Current River Guide
• Prior river experience• Must be a confident swimmer• Minimum age: 18.
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Recreational River Safety (RECRS)• Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational (WRT-Rec)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRTP)
Recerted by• Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRTP)
Taught by
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Standard Date Student Signature Instructor Signature
Knowledge
Rescue 3 philosophy 1
Training standards 2River hydrology and hazards 3
Personal Equipment 4
Technical and Group Equipment 5River running considerati ons 6Assessing risk 7Managing an incident 8
Medical Considerati ons 9
Night / Poor Visibility Considerati ons 10
Introducti on to Searching Rivers 11
Communicati ons 12Whitewater Swimming Techniques 13
Strainer Swim 15Conditi onal rescues - throwbags 16Shallow water techniques 17Introducti on to searching rivers and fl oods 18
Knots and Anchor Systems 19
Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage 20Tethered Rescues 21Line crossing methods 22Tensioned diagonals/zip lines 24
Flips, Rights, and Crew/Client Recovery (Opti onal)
25
Boat pins and wraps 26Tethered boat techniques 27Victi m / Casualty Management 28Belay Systems 29Boat on a highline (opti onal) 30
Scenarios 31
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Wind Turbine Access for Emergency Responders (WTAFER)The Wind Turbine Access for Emergency Responders (WTAFER) course is for members of the rescue services who may need to perform a rescue at a wind turbine. Wind turbines pose some special challenges: they are often in rural areas and/or are difficult to reach. Those working on wind turbines may be in potentially confined spaces, where a rescue is a challenging task for fire and rescue services and other emergency responders. Due to its international relationships, where instructors face these challenges from different perspectives (safe working, fire and rescue), Rescue 3 has developed the Wind Turbine Access for Emergency Responders course to help organizations maintain high safety standards at all times. Rescue 3 provides an agreed upon international certified training program to their training providers and instructors, to help them provide up to date information in this rapidly growing market of renewable energy.
Contact hours
12 hours
Prerequisites• Minimum age: 18.• Either:
• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL) or above - or -
• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO) or above
Qualification valid for3 years
Recertifies• Wind Turbine Access for Emergency Responders (WTAFER)• Wind Turbine Operator (WTO)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL)• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Rope specialty course (see Rope specialty course recertification (pg 8))
Recerted by• Wind Turbine Access for Emergency Responders (WTAFER)• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Rope (PQR)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)• Rope specialty course (see Rope specialty course recertification (pg 8))
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• Wind Turbine Operator Instructor (WTOI)• Wind Turbine Operator Instructor Trainer (WTO-IT)
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Skill/knowledge Date Student signature Instructor signature
Lecture knowledge
1. Rescue 3 philosophy
2. Rope rescue training standards
3. Rescuer safety and survival
4. General hazards
5. Medical considerations
6. Dynamic risk assessment and incident size-up
7. Pre-planning
8. Communications9. Types of wind turbine and operating principles
10. Lock out/tag out
Personal skills
11. Introduction to ropes, knots and technical gear
12. Anchor systems
13. Placing rope protection
14. Administering treatment at height
15. Haul systems
16. Rescue of patient from tower/nacelle
Other
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Wind Turbine Operator (WTO)The Wind Turbine Operator course is for workers operating in and on wind turbines. Wind turbines pose some special challenges: they are often in rural areas and/or are difficult to reach. Within wind turbines, workers face further challenges: workers are working in pairs or small groups, in difficult to reach and potentially confined spaces, where a rescue is a challenging task for co-workers and/or fire and rescue services. Therefore, people need to work as safely as possible at all times, following set standards, national laws and regulations, and company-specific standards and procedures. Due to its international relationships, where instructors face these challenges from different perspectives (safe working, fire and rescue), Rescue 3 has developed the Wind Turbine Operator course to help organizations maintain high safety standards at all times. Rescue 3 provides an agreed international certified training program to their training providers and instructors, to help them provide up to date information in this rapidly growing market of renewable energy.
Contact hours
12 hours
PrerequisitesMinimum age: 18.
Qualification valid forPrior experience of working with ropes is recommended
Recertifies• Safe Work at Heights (SWAH)• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Wind Turbine Operator (WTO)
Recerted by• Wind Turbine Operator (WTO)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)• Tower Safety, Climbing and Rescue (TWR)
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• Wind Turbine Operator Instructor (WTOI)• Wind Turbine Operator Instructor Trainer (WTO-IT)
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Skill/knowledge Date Student signature Instructor signature
Lecture knowledge
1. Rescue 3 philosophy
2. Rope rescue training standards
3. Worker safety and survival
4. General hazards
5. Medical considerations
6. Personal equipment
7. Technical and team equipment
8. Dynamic risk assessment and incident size-up
9. Incident management and site control
10. Pre-planning
11. Communications
12. Lock out/tag out
Personal skills
13. Use of fire extinguishers
14. Basic life support (including CPR and AED)
15. First aid at height
16. Introduction to ropes, knots and technical gear
17. Anchor systems
18. Placing rope protection
19. Use of work restraint and work positioning equipment
20. Use of different types of fall arrest equipment
21. Use of lanyards and shock absorbers
22. Emergency descending
23. Rescue of a co-worker from fall arrest systems
24. Scenarios
Other
Optional:
Instructor Training
Rescue 3 Instructors have long been considered some of the best in the industry and the Rescue 3 Instructor qualification is used as a sign of professionalism and quality wherever rescue courses are run throughout the world.
There are currently 1500 Rescue 3 Instructors worldwide, and over 500,000 students hold a Rescue 3 qualification. In the following section we have separated the Instructor pathways for those students wishing to go on to train as Rescue 3 Instructors in the various disciplines we teach.
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Air Monitoring Instructor (AMI)The Air Monitoring Instructor course enables Instructors to teach the gas detection courses.
Prerequisites• Air Monitoring Qualified Person (AMQP)• Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT)• EMT, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), or equivalent workplace emergency medical certification
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT) and/or as agreed upon
with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Basic Air Monitoring (BAM)• Air Monitoring Qualified Person (AMQP)
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Animal Rescue Technician Instructor (ARTI)The Animal Rescue Technician Instructor pathway is designed for those wishing to teach Rescue 3’s Animal Rescue Technician courses.
Prerequisites• Animal Rescue Technician 1 (ART1) twice• Animal Rescue Technician 2 (ART2)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)• Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS)• Hazmat Awareness• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by ART-IT (pg 190) and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International
Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Animal Rescue Technician 1 (ART1)• Animal Rescue Technician 2 (ART2)
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Basic Water First Responder Instructor (BWFRI)The Basic Water First Responder Instructor pathway is designed for candidates wishing to deliver a course with a rescue capability in a still or slow moving water environment, such as lakes, ponds and canals.
Prerequisites• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS) or higher• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training and assessment• Basic Water First Responder Instructor course (16 hours)
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Lifejacket Competent User (LJCU)• Safe Work Near Water (SWNW) • Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB)• Flood Worker Safety (FWS)• Recreational River Safety (RECRS)
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Confined Space Entry and Rescue Instructor (CSERI)The CSERI course enables delivery of courses to instruct how to free a colleague from a dangerous situation in confined spaces.
Prerequisites• Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)• Documented experience working in confined spaces• EMT, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), or equivalent workplace emergency medical certification
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT) and/or as agreed upon
with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS)• Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER)
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Confined Space Rescue Operator Instructor (CSROI)The Confined Space Rescue Operator Instructor course covers the teaching of concepts and techniques to enable small teams to undertake technical confined space rescues.
Prerequisites• Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)• Current Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT)• Documented experience working in confined spaces• EMT, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), or equivalent workplace emergency medical certification
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT) and/or as agreed upon
with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS)• Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER)• Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)• Basic Air Monitoring (BAM)• Air Monitoring Qualified Person (AMQP)
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Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor (CSRTI)The Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor course covers the teaching of concepts and techniques to enable small teams to undertake technical confined space rescues.
Prerequisites• Current Confined Space Rescue Operator Instructor (CSROI)• Current Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS)• EMT, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), or equivalent workplace emergency medical certification
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT) and/or as agreed upon
with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS)• Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER)• Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)• Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT)• Basic Air Monitoring (BAM)• Air Monitoring Qualified Person (AMQP)
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Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI)The Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor course builds on the Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor (CSRTI) course, enabling the instructor to teach advanced technical solutions to confined space rescue problems.
Prerequisites• Current Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor (CSRTI)• Current Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS)• EMT, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), or equivalent workplace emergency medical certification
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT) and/or as agreed upon
with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS)• Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER)• Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)• Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT)• Confined Space Rescue Specialist (CSRS)• Basic Air Monitoring (BAM)• Air Monitoring Qualified Person (AMQP)
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Co-Worker Rescue at Heights Instructor (CWRHI)The Co-Worker Rescue at Heights Instructor course will enable candidates to teach the regulations, legislation and equipment relevant to working at heights, and demonstrate safe systems of work. They will also be able to teach participants how to deal with a colleague who has fallen and is hanging in their fall arrest system.
Prerequisites• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)• Current Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER) or Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• EMT, Wilderness First Aid, or equivalent workplace medical certification
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT) and/or as agreed upon with
Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Safe Work at Heights (SWAH)• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)
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Instructor: Rope (InsR)The Instructor: Rope pathway is designed for those wishing to teach Rescue 3's Technical Rope Rescue program. This program is in the phase out process, so new instructors should discuss with their Regional Director if it is
more appropriate for them to take chose this path or the Rope Rescue Technician track.
Prerequisites
• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL) at least twice• Professional Qualification Assessment: Rope (PQR)• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Instructor: Rope (InsR) course (24 hours)
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• First Due Low Angle (FDLA)• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL)• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Rope (PQR)• Recreational Rappel Operator (RECRO)
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Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Legacy Instructor designation. As of January 2018 instructors candidates entering the instructor
program must choose either to follow the Water or Rope instructor pathways.
The Instructor Water & Rope pathway is designed for teaching personnel with a swiftwater, and rope capability up to Technician level.
Prerequisites• N/A - As of January 2018 instructors candidates entering the instructor program must choose
either to follow the Water or Rope instructor pathways.
Instructor training & assessment• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR))• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR) (24 hours)
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)• Lifejacket Competent User (LJCU)• Safe Work Near Water (SWNW) • Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB)• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic and Moving (CWRWBM)• Flood Worker Safety (FWS)• Flood Operations (FO)• Recreational River Safety (RECRS)• First Due Low Angle (FDLA)• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL)• Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Rope (PQR)• Recreational Rappel Operator (RECRO)
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Inland Rescue Swimmer Instructor (IRSI)The Inland Rescue Swimmer Instructor pathway is designed for existing Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI) or above to be able to deliver IRS courses.
Prerequisites• Currently hold one of the following Instructor qualifications:
• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)
• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
• Inland Rescue Swimmer (IRS)• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by IRS-IT (pg 189) and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International
Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Inland Rescue Swimmer (IRS)
Additional Specialty Qualifications• Inland Rescue Swimmer Advanced (IRSA)*• Inland Rescue Swimmer Coastal (IRSC)*
*Inland Rescue Swimmer Instructors may be signed off to teach these courses once they have attended each particular type of course and are assessed as competent by the instructor overseeing the course.
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Management of Water and Flood Incidents Instructor (MWFII)The Management of Water and Flood Incidents Instructor (MWFII) pathway is designed for existing Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI) or above to be able to deliver MWFI courses.
Prerequisites• Currently hold one of the following Instructor qualifications:
• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)
• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
• Management of Water and Flood Incidents (MWFI)• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)• Prior command level flood experience
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by MWFI-IT (pg 189) and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International
Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Management of Water & Flood Incidents (MWFI)• Flood Management for Non-Emergency Services (FMNES)
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Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor (OPSI)The Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor pathway is designed for teaching personnel with a swiftwater and flood capability up to Operations level.
Prerequisites• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT) (24 hours)• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor training (24 hours)
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Lifejacket Competent User (LJCU)• Safe Work Near Water (SWNW) • Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB)• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic and Moving (CWRWBM)• Flood Worker Safety (FWS)• Flood Operations (FO)• Recreational River Safety (RECRS)
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Personal Watercraft Rescue Instructor (PWCI)The Personal Watercraft Rescue Instructor pathway is designed for existing water Instructors with the necessary PWC handling experience to deliver the PWC course.
Prerequisites
• Currently hold one of the following Instructor qualifications:• Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational (WRT-Rec)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRTP)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Instructor Trainer (WRT-IT)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)
• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
• Logged experience of PWC handling• Personal Watercraft Surf Rescue Technician (PWC)• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by PWC-IT (pg 193) and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International
Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Personal Watercraft Surf Rescue Technician (PWC)
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Recreational Rappel Instructor (RECROI)The Recreational Rappel Instructor course is for people in the Outdoor Adventure Industry who want to teach the Recreational Rappel Operator course.
Prerequisites• Recreational Rappel Operator (RECRO) • EMT, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), or equivalent workplace medical certification
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Recreational Rappel Instructor Trainer (RECRO-IT) (pg 190) and/or as
agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Recreational Rappel Operator (RECRO)
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Rescues from Vehicles in Water Instructor (RVWI)The Rescues from Vehicles in Water Instructor pathway is designed for existing Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI) or above to be able to deliver RVW courses.
Prerequisites• Currently hold one of the following Instructor qualifications:
• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)
• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
• Rescues from Vehicles in Water (RVW)• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by RVW-IT (pg 189) and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International
Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Rescues from Vehicles in Water (RVW)
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Rope Access for Emergency Responders Instructor (RAFERI)The Rope Access for Emergency Responders Instructor pathway will enable the Instructor to teach members of
technical rope rescue teams who want to become proficient in rope access techniques and individual pick-off rescues.
Prerequisites• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• EMT, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), or equivalent workplace emergency medical certification
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT) (RR-IT) and/or as agreed upon
with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Safe Work at Heights (SWAH)• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER)
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Rope Rescue Operator Instructor (RROI)The Rope Rescue Operator Instructor (RROI) course will enable tuition of those who operate safely and effectively during rope rescues, as an active part of a rope rescue team, working under the supervision of Rope Rescue Technicians.
Prerequisites
• Current Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Current Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• EMT, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), or equivalent workplace emergency medical certification
Instructor training & assessment• RROI course (24 hours) or
• Observe, assist & be assessed by Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT) and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Safe Work at Heights (SWAH)• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)
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Rope Rescue Technician Instructor (RRTI)The Rope Rescue Technician Instructor (RRTI) course covers the teaching of concepts and techniques to enable small teams to undertake technical rope rescues. A building block approach is used throughout the course so
that candidates can progress from key concepts through to the rigging and operation of full systems for raising, lowering and highline rescues.
Prerequisites• Current Rope Rescue Operator Instructor (RROI)• Current Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Current Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)• EMT, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), or equivalent workplace emergency medical certification
Instructor training & assessment• Rope Rescue Technician Instructor course (24 hours) or • Observe, assist & be assessed by Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT) and/or as agreed upon with
Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Safe Work at Heights (SWAH)• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Rope (PQR)
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Rope Rescue Specialist Instructor (RRSI)The Rope Rescue Specialist Instructor (RRTS) course builds on the Rope Rescue Technician Instructor course, enabling the tuition of advanced technical solutions to rope rescue problems.
Prerequisites• Current Rope Rescue Technician Instructor (RRTI)• Current Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)• EMT, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), or equivalent workplace emergency medical certification
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT) and/or as agreed upon with
Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Safe Work at Heights (SWAH)• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders (RAFER)• Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)• Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Rope (PQR)
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Safe Work at Heights Tutor (SWAHT)The Safe Working at Heights Tutor course will enable instruction in regulations, legislation and equipment relevant to working at height, as well as safe systems of work.
Prerequisites• Current Co-Worker Rescue at Heights (CWRH)• Current CPR certification
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT) and/or as agreed upon with
Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Safe Work at Heights (SWAH)
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Safe Work in Confined Space Instructor (SWCSI)The Safe Working in Confined Spaces Instructor (SWCS) course enables delivery of a course that provides insight into the dangers that workers face when working in confined spaces and the current legislation in this area.
Prerequisites• Confined Space Entry and Rescue (CSER)• Breathing apparatus training• Documented experience working in confined spaces• EMT, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), or equivalent workplace emergency medical certification
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT) and/or as agreed upon
with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Safe Working in Confined Spaces (SWCS)
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Searching Rivers and Floods Instructor (SRFI)The Searching Rivers and Floods Instructor (SRFI) pathway is designed for existing Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI) to be able to deliver SRF courses.
Prerequisites• Currently hold one of the following Instructor qualifications:
• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)
• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
• Searching Rivers and Floods (30 hours)• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training and assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by SRFI-IT (pg Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT) and/or as
agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Searching Rivers and Floods (SRF)
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Surface Ice Rescue Technician Instructor (SIRTI)The Surface Ice Rescue Technician Instructor (SIRTI) pathway is designed for teaching personnel with an Ice capability up to Technician level.
Prerequisites• Surface Ice Rescue Technician (SIRT) at least twice• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Surface Ice Rescue Instructor Trainer (SIRT-IT) and/or as agreed upon
with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Surface Ice Awareness (SIRA)• Surface Ice Field Safety (SIFS)• Surface Ice Rescue Technician (SIRT)
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Surface Ice Rescue Specialist Instructor (SIRSI)The Surface Ice Rescue Specialist Instructor (SIRSI) pathway is designed for teaching personnel with an Ice capability up to the Specialist level. In addition, SIRSI Instructors can teach skills and techniques on large volume rivers with open leads.
Prerequisites• Surface Ice Rescue Technician (SIRT) at least twice• Surface Ice Rescue Specialist (SIRS) module at least twice• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Surface Ice Rescue Instructor Trainer (SIRT-IT) and/or as agreed upon
with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Surface Ice Awareness (SIRA)• Surface Ice Field Safety (SIFS)• Surface Ice Rescue Technician (SIRT)• Surface Ice Rescue Specialist (SIRS)
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Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Boat Operator Instructor (SFRBOI)The Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Boat Operator Instructor pathway is designed for rescue professionals who want to teach the full suite of boat classes - FRBO, SRBO, and SFRBO - and includes flat/slow moving water rescue techniques, flood rescue techniques and swiftwater rescue techniques.
Prerequisites
• Currently hold one of the following Instructor qualifications:• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)
• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
• Logged experience of power boat handling (1 year)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Boat Operator (SFRBO)• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator Instructor Trainer (SRBO-IT) and/or as
agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Flood Rescue Boat Operator (FRBO)• Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator (SRBO)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Boat Operator (SFRBO)
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Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Formerly Instructor: Water (InsW)
The Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI) pathway is designed for teaching personnel with a swiftwater and flood capability up to Technician level.
Prerequisites• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT) (24 hours) at least twice• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA) (24 hours)• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor course (24 hours)
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Lifejacket Competent User (LJCU)• Safe Work Near Water (SWNW) • Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB)• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic and Moving (CWRWBM)• Flood Worker Safety (FWS)• Flood Operations (FO)• Recreational River Safety (RECRS)
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Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI) The Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor pathway is designed for teaching personnel with a swiftwater and rope capability up to Technician level.
Prerequisites• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT) (24 hours) at least twice• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA) (24 hours) at least twice• Advanced rope capability adequate to teach rope components of this course as assessed by the IT• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI) course (24 hours)
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Basic Water First Responder (BWFR)• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician (SRT)• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Technician Advanced (SRTA)• Professional Qualification Assessment: Water & Rope (PQWR)• Lifejacket Competent User (LJCU)• Safe Work Near Water (SWNW) • Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic (CWRWB)• Co-Worker Rescue from Water - Basic and Moving (CWRWBM)• Flood Worker Safety (FWS)• Flood Operations (FO)• Recreational River Safety (RECRS)
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Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling Instructor (SPBHI)The Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling Instructor pathway is designed for existing water Instructors with the necessary paddle boat handling experience to deliver the SPBH course.
Prerequisites
• Currently hold one of the following Instructor qualifications:• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)
• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
• Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational (WRT-Rec)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRTP)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Instructor Trainer (WRT-IT)
• Logged experience of paddle boat handling• Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling (SPBH)• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by SPBH-IT (pg 193)and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International
Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling (SPBH)
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Swiftwater Recovery Specialist Instructor (SRSI)The Swiftwater Recovery Specialist Instructor pathway is designed for existing Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI) or above to be able to deliver SRS courses.
Prerequisites• Currently hold one of the following Instructor qualifications:
• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)
• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
• Swiftwater Recovery Specialist (SRS)• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by SRS-IT (pg 189) and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International
Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Body Recovery from Water (BRW)• Swiftwater Recovery Specialist (SRS)
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Technical Animal Rescue from Swiftwater Instructor (TARI)The Technical Animal Rescue from Swiftwater Instructor pathway is designed for existing Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI) or above to be able to deliver TAR courses.
Prerequisites• Currently hold one of the following Instructor qualifications:
• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)
• Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)• Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)
• Technical Animal Rescue in Swiftwater (TAR)• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by TAR-IT (pg 189) and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International
Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Technical Animal Rescue in Swiftwater (TAR)
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Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level Instructor (TRROLI)The Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level Instructor pathway is designed for those in the emergency services wishing to teach personnel to operate safely and effectively during rope rescues, as an active part of a rope rescue team, working under the supervision of Rope Rescue Technicians.
Prerequisites
• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL) • Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Instructor training & assessment• Instructor: Rope (InsR) course (24 hours) or
• Observe, assist & be assessed by Instructor Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsR-IT) and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3 International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• First Due Low Angle (FDLA)• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level (TRROL)
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Tower Rescue Instructor (TWRI)The Tower Rescue Instructor course enables Instructors to teach workers and rescuers operating in and on towers.
Prerequisites• Current Rope Rescue Technician (RRT) or Technical Rope Rescue Technician Level (TRRTL)• Current Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR)• EMT, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), or equivalent workplace emergency medical certification
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by TWR-IT (pg 190) and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International
Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Tower Safety, Climbing, & Rescue (TWR)
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Water and Flood Awareness Tutor (AWRT)The Water and Flood Awareness Tutor pathway enables the candidate to deliver the classroom-based Water
and Flood Awareness course.
Prerequisites• Operations: Swiftwater and Flood First Responder (OPS) or higher• Current CPR Certification
Instructor training and assessment• Water and Flood Awareness Tutor course (8 hours)
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Water and Flood Awareness (AWR)• Safe Work Near Water (SWNW)
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Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational Instructor (WRTRI)The Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational Instructor (WRTRI) pathway is designed for river professionals and outdoor instructors. It is designed for teaching whitewater rescue techniques.
Those needing to teach a flood rescue capability should take the Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor course.
Prerequisites
• Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational (WRT-Rec)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRTP)• Documented experience working in a Class III or above river environment.• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)
Qualification valid for2 years
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Whitewater Rescue Technician Instructor Trainer (WRT-IT) and/or as
agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International Office
Able to teach• Recreational River Safety (RECRS)• Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational (WRT-Rec)
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Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional Instructor (WRTPI)The Whitewater Rescue Technician Instructor pathway is designed for instructors who have an extensive background in the recreational whitewater industry who wish to teach professional river guides.
Prerequisites
• Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational (WRT-Rec)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRTP)• Documented experience working in a Class III or above river environment.• EMT or Wilderness First Responder (WFR)• Approval by WRT curriculum committee
Qualification valid for2 years
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by Whitewater Rescue Technician Instructor Trainer (WRT-IT) and/or as
agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International Office
Able to teach• Recreational River Safety (RECRS)• Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational (WRT-Rec)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRTP)
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Wind Turbine Operator Instructor (WTOI)The Wind Turbine Operator Instructor course enables Instructors to teach workers operating in and on wind turbines.
Prerequisites• Current Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)• Current Wind Turbine Operator (WTO)• EMT, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), or equivalent workplace emergency medical certification
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by WTO-IT (pg 191) and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International
Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• Wind Turbine Access for Emergency Responders (WTAFER)• Wind Turbine Operator (WTO)
Instructor Trainers
Instructor Trainer is the Rescue 3 International’s highest level instructor qualification. These people have extensive technical experience in the discipline, as well as extensive teaching experience. Instructor Trainers deliver instructor level courses, and every level of course in that discipline. Instructor trainers also support new instructors, and have the ability
to do instructor sign-offs. They are also qualified to participate in curriculum development and sit on course development committees.
Becoming an Instructor Trainer
Instructor Trainers are ambassadors for Rescue 3, and their conduct and professionalism should reflect this at all times.Applications for Instructor Trainer status is dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Potential Instructor Trainers should contact their Regional Director for an application form. This covers key requirements including:
• Motivation for applying for Instructor Trainer Status• Instructor Trainer status sought
• Experience as an instructor (minimum 3 years as an active Independent instructor)• Additional experience and qualifications
Within this application form, the aspiring instructor trainer will need to obtain the nomination of their Regional Director. In cases where the instructor operates in an unaffiliated region of the world that is not managed by a Regional Director, this nomination may be done by an existing Instructor Trainer with whom they have previously worked.
Rescue 3 International, in conjunction with the area Regional Director, will assess the application. Approval will be given based partially on the candidates credentials, but also on Rescue 3’s need for ITs in the area, or for the discipline as a whole.
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Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsWR-IT)• Legacy Instructor Trainer designation.
Instructor Water & Rope - Instructor Trainers are qualified as SRTA-ITs and InsR-ITs. This designation is being phased out in favor of the SRT-IT and InsR-IT qualifications. InsWR-ITs teach Instructor courses as well as participating in curriculum development and committees.
Prerequisites• Instructor Water & Rope in good standing with Independent & Lead Instructor status for a minimum of 3
years
• Assist with at least 1 Instructor course in the past 3 years
• Recommendation by Regional Director and International Office
Instructor training & assessment• Complete Instructor Trainer Logbook
Qualification valid for4 years
Able to teach• All courses an Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR) can teach• Water and Flood Awareness Tutor (AWRT)• Basic Water First Responder Instructor (BWFRI)• Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor (OPSI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)• Instructor Water & Rope (InsWR)• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level Instructor (TRROLI)• Instructor: Rope (InsR)
Additional Specialty Instructor Trainer Qualifications1
• Inland Rescue Swimmer Instructor Trainer (IRS-IT)• Technical Animal Rescue from Swiftwater Instructor Trainer (TAR-IT)• Rescues from Vehicles in Water Instructor Trainer (RVW-IT)• Swiftwater Recovery Specialist Instructor Trainer (SRS-IT)• Searching Rivers and Floods Instructor Trainer (SRF-IT)• Personal Watercraft Rescue Instructor Trainer (PWC-IT)• Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling Instructor Trainer (SPBH-IT)• Recreational Rappel Instructor Trainer (RECRO-IT)• Tower Rescue Instructor Trainer (TWR-IT)• Wind Turbine Operator Instructor Trainer (WTO-IT)
1 Instructor Trainers can add Specialty IT qualifications by showing extensive depth of knowledge in that specialty. They must go through the normal instructor process for that specialty and obtain a
recommendation for IT status from their Regional Director and an IT for that specialty discipline.
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Section 6: Instructor Trainer Levels
Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer (SRT-IT)Swiftwater Rescue - Instructor Trainer is Rescue 3 International’s highest Water only instructor designation. SRT-ITs teach Instructor courses as well as participating in curriculum development and committees.
Prerequisites• SRTAI in good standing with Independent & Lead Instructor status for a minimum of 3 years
• Assist with at least 1 Instructor course in the past 3 years
• Recommendation by Regional Director and International Office
Instructor training & assessment• Complete Instructor Trainer Logbook
Qualification valid for4 years
Able to teach• All courses a Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI) can teach• Water and Flood Awareness Tutor (AWRT)• Basic Water First Responder Instructor (BWFRI)• Operations: Swiftwater First Responder Instructor (OPSI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Technician Instructor (SRTI)• Swiftwater and Flood Rescue Advanced Instructor (SRTAI)
Additional Specialty Instructor Trainer Qualifications1
• Inland Rescue Swimmer Instructor Trainer (IRS-IT)• Technical Animal Rescue from Swiftwater Instructor Trainer (TAR-IT)• Rescues from Vehicles in Water Instructor Trainer (RVW-IT)• Swiftwater Recovery Specialist Instructor Trainer (SRS-IT)• Searching Rivers and Floods Instructor Trainer (SRF-IT)• Personal Watercraft Rescue Instructor Trainer (PWC-IT)• Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling Instructor Trainer (SPBH-IT)
1 Instructor Trainers can add Specialty IT qualifications by showing extensive depth of knowledge in that specialty. They must go through the normal instructor process for that specialty and obtain a
recommendation for IT status from their Regional Director and an IT for that specialty discipline.
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Instructor Rope - Instructor Trainer (InsR-IT)Instructor Rope - Instructor Trainer is one of Rescue 3 International’s two Rope only instructor trainer designations. The other is the Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT). InsR-ITs teach Instructor courses as well as participating in curriculum development and committees.
Prerequisites• Instructor: Rope (InsR) in good standing with Independent & Lead Instructor status for a minimum of 3
years
• Assist with at least 1 Instructor course in the past 3 years
• Recommendation by Regional Director and International Office
Instructor training & assessment• Complete Instructor Trainer Logbook
Qualification valid for4 years
Able to teach• All courses an Instructor: Rope (InsR) can teach• Technical Rope Rescue Operations Level Instructor (TRROLI)• Instructor: Rope (InsR)
Additional Specialty Instructor Trainer Qualifications1
• Recreational Rappel Instructor Trainer (RECRO-IT)• Tower Rescue Instructor Trainer (TWR-IT)• Wind Turbine Operator Instructor Trainer(WTO-IT)• Animal Rescue Technician Instructor Trainer (ART-IT)
1 Instructor Trainers can add Specialty IT qualifications by showing extensive depth of knowledge in that specialty. They must go through the normal instructor process for that specialty and obtain a
recommendation for IT status from their Regional Director and an IT for that specialty discipline.
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Rope Rescue Instructor Trainer (RR-IT)Rope Rescue - Instructor Trainer is one of Rescue 3 International’s two Rope only instructor trainer designations. The other is the Instructor Rope Instructor Trainer (InsR). RR-ITs teach Instructor courses as well as participating in curriculum development and committees.
Prerequisites• Rope Rescue Specialist Instructor (RRSI) in good standing with Independent & Lead Instructor status for a
minimum of 3 years
• Assist with at least 1 Instructor course in the past 3 years
• Recommendation by Regional Director and International Office
Instructor training & assessment• Complete Instructor Trainer Logbook
Qualification valid for4 years
Able to teach• All courses an Rope Rescue Specialist Instructor (RRSI) can teach• Safe Work at Heights Tutor (SWAHT)• Co-Worker Rescue at Heights Instructor (CWRHI)• Rope Access for Emergency Responders Instructor (RAFERI)• Rope Rescue Operator Instructor (RROI)• Rope Rescue Technician Instructor (RRTI)• Rope Rescue Specialist Instructor (RRSI)
Additional Specialty Instructor Trainer Qualifications1
• Recreational Rappel Instructor Trainer (RECRO-IT)• Tower Rescue Instructor Trainer (TWR-IT)• Wind Turbine Operator Instructor Trainer(WTO-IT)• Animal Rescue Technician Instructor Trainer (ART-IT)
1 Instructor Trainers can add Specialty IT qualifications by showing extensive depth of knowledge in that specialty. They must go through the normal instructor process for that specialty and obtain a
recommendation for IT status from their Regional Director and an IT for that specialty discipline.
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Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainer (CSR-IT)The Confined Space Rescue Instructor Trainers teach Instructor courses as well as participating in curriculum development and committees.
Prerequisites
• Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI) in good standing with Independent & Lead Instructor status
• Assist with at least 1 Instructor course in the past 3 years
• Recommendation by Regional Director and International Office
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by CSRT-IT and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• All courses a Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI) can teach• Air Monitoring Instructor (AMI)• Safe Work in Confined Space Instructor (SWCSI)• Confined Space Entry and Rescue Instructor (CSERI)• Confined Space Rescue Operator Instructor (CSROI)• Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor (CSRTI)• Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI)
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Swiftwater Rescue Boat Operator Instructor Trainer (SRBO-IT)Rescue Boat Operator Instructor Trainers teach Instructor courses as well as participating in curriculum development and committees.
Prerequisites
• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Boat Operator Instructor (SFRBOI) in good standing with Independent & Lead Instructor status
• Assist with at least 1 Instructor course in the past 3 years
• Recommendation by Regional Director and International Office
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by SFRBOI-IT and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• All courses a Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Boat Operator Instructor (SFRBOI) can teach• Swiftwater & Flood Rescue Boat Operator Instructor (SFRBOI)
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Whitewater Rescue Technician Instructor Trainer (WRT-IT)Whitewater Rescue Technician Instructor Trainers teach Instructor courses as well as participating in curriculum development and committees.
Prerequisites
• Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional Instructor (WRTPI) in good standing with Independent & Lead Instructor status
• Assist with at least 1 Instructor course in the past 3 years
• Recommendation by Regional Director and International Office
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by WRT-IT and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• All courses a Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional Instructor (WRTPI) can teach• Whitewater Rescue Technician - Recreational Instructor (WRTRI)• Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional Instructor (WRTPI)
Additional Specialty Instructor Trainer Qualifications1
• Swiftwater Paddle Boat Handling Instructor Trainer (SPBH-IT)• Personal Watercraft Rescue Instructor Trainer (PWC-IT)
1 Instructor Trainers can add Specialty IT qualifications by showing extensive depth of knowledge in that specialty. They must go through the normal instructor process for that specialty and obtain a
recommendation for IT status from their Regional Director and an IT for that specialty discipline.
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Surface Ice Rescue Instructor Trainer (SIRT-IT)Surface Ice Rescue Instructor Trainers teach Instructor courses as well as participating in curriculum development and committees.
Prerequisites
• Surface Ice Rescue Specialist Instructor (SIRSI) in good standing with Independent & Lead Instructor status
• Assist with at least 1 Instructor course in the past 3 years
• Recommendation by Regional Director and International Office
Instructor training & assessment• Observe, assist & be assessed by SIRT-IT and/or as agreed upon with Rescue 3’s International Office
Qualification valid for2 years
Able to teach• All courses a Surface Ice Rescue Specialist Instructor (SIRSI) can teach• Surface Ice Rescue Technician Instructor (SIRTI)• Surface Ice Rescue Specialist Instructor (SIRSI)
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Instructor Emeritus (INS-E)Instructor Emeritus are instructors who have retired from teaching. They are still able to contribute to curriculum and attend events, but are no longer teaching in the field. They are exempt from instructor requirements.
Prerequisites
• Active Instructor in good standing at time of retirement
• Submit letter to Regional Director and Corporate office indicating wish to be moved to Emeritus status and reason (such as due to age or medical condition)
Qualification valid forLife
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